Knights Templar or Hospitaller Relic Found in Acre Crusader Castle

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[redrobinz101]

wow! pc. of History! that was amazing!

[bartwout]

It is a fake copy. It is not old. Every antiques dealer can see that.

[olliephelan]

although , it could be the ox and lion .....the 4 evangelists were portrayed an an ox , eagle , lion and man .

the 4 kerubim or grade of angels (messengers /diplomats ) were each symbolically saiid to have a face of lion ox , eagle and man .

this could have been a container for small scrolls of the 2 evangelists ( john and mark , i think )

[olliephelan]

The Lion shall lay down with the Lamb ..thats the symbol on the side .

indicating a judgement day or "death" ,....hence I think its a funerary box , like an urn for ashes .

[Kipchakbeg]

what i know is that the judes will found a box in israel i think in damascus some where, and when they found that box the antichrist dejjal wil appear but i think thats noth the box , perhaps later they will fiend it

[TheChristianFairy]

That is a shame that the dealer passed away! That's quite an interesting little artifact and I would've liked to know if there were any others like it out there!

[jacobite1701]

Le lion et la vache doivent représenter la résurrection, le corps est un gisant mais ce n'est pas destiné à un membre d'un ordre militaire. C'est une urne funéraire pour une relique de saint (il s'en vendait des centaines au temps des croisades).