3D model of the Capsella Samagher (box + lid), simplified from the master model, color-mapped using PRE cleaning and consolidation photos - 7 millions triangles - Structured Light scanning - texture mapped. 3D digitization by Visual Computing Lab, ISTI-CNR - 3D survey, photographic campaign and color mapping for diagnostic purposes during a restoration of the artwork. This Reliquary (height 18,5 cm, length 20,5 cm, width 16,01), which was discovered in Samagher (Pula, Croatia) in 1906 under the altar of the Church of St. Hermagoras, is in carved ivory with corner reinforcements and silver accessories. Probably of Roman craftsmanship, it is of exceptional value for the history of early Christian art, the history of the Church and the history of the Roman Empire because of the refined decoration in relief on the lid and on all four sides.

Metadata	Information
Source	ISTI-CNR
Contacts	Roberto ScopignoResearch DirectorISTI-CNR 1Via G. MoruzziPisa56124ITALY roberto.scopigno@isti.cnr.itRoberto Scopigno, head of the Visual computing Lab, ISTI-CNR
Copyright Credit Line	All rights reserved: ISTI-CNR & Alinari & Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venezia
Europeana Rights	Paid access_no re_use
Start Date	401
End Date	500
Period Name	5th Century AD
Materials	Ivory, Silver
Heritage Asset Type	Reliquary box