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Historical Archive: Sainte Chasse twelfth-century Byzantine ivory casket with traces of painted Greek inscriptions The Joseph story continues on the lid. twelfth/thirteenth-century Limoges enamel band at the base of the cover height 32 cm, diameter 31 cm (12.6 x 12.2 inches) later wooden base Musées de Sens, Trésor de la cathédrale Saint-Etienne 143 full, David and Goliath side full, Joseph in the cistern side side 1 side 1: Joseph finds his brothers in Dothan (Gen. 37:17-19); David tends sheep, plays with dog (I Kings 16:11) side 2 side 2: Brothers take Joseph's clothes (Gen. 37:23); David kills a bear and a lion (I Kings 17:35) side 3 side 3: Brothers put Joseph into or take him out of cistern (Gen. 37:24/28); Isai shows his 7 sons to Samuel (I Kings 16:10) side 3: Joseph put into/taken from the cistern side 4 side 4: Brothers sell Joseph to Ishmaelites (Gen. 37:28); Samuel chooses David (I Kings 16:12) side 5 side 5: Brothers bargaining with Ishmaelites (Gen. 37:28), or holding Joseph's clothes (Gen. 37:31); Samuel annoints David (I Kings 16:13) side 5: David anointed side 6 with hinges side 6: guard brings Joseph to Potiphar (Gen. 37:36 or 39:1); Philistine king sends Goliath to battle (I Kings 17:4-6) side 7 side 7: Jacob sees Joseph's bloody robe (Gen. 37:33); Dvaid brought to Saul (I Kings 16:21)/Saul blesses David (I Kings 17:37) side 8: Joseph sold to Potiphar by merchants? (Gen. 37:36); David fights and beheads Goliath (I Kings 17:50-51) side 9: Joseph in charge of Potiphar's household (Gen. 39:4); David returns to Jerusalem, woman dances (I Kings 18:6-8) side 10 side 10: Potiphar's wife holds Joseph's cloak (Gen. 39:12); Saul attacks David (I Kings 18:11) side 10: Joseph and Potiphar's wife side 11 side 11: Potiphar's wife shows him Joseph's cloak (Gen. 39:17-18); David cuts off a corner of Saul's robe in the Engaddi desert (I Kings 24:5) side 12 with lock plate side 12: Potiphar reproaches/sends Joseph to prison (Gen. 39:19-20); David shows Saul a corner of his robe (I Kings 24:12) Limoges enamel band upper register: lion and stag upper register: peacocks