This ivory plaque, made in Constantinople in the second half of the tenth century, comes from the side of an ivory casket. Such recepticles were often decorated with scenes inspired by Roman art and mythology. The panel depicts the biblical hero Joshua. The scenes can be matched exactly in, and were probably copied from the Joshua Rotulus manuscript in the Vatican Library, which itself derived from a 5th-6th century model. The plaque is a telling example for the legacy of Roman imagery and adapted style. The dimensions of the plaque indicate that the casket from which it - or the component parts - came was of larger than average size. Such caskets would have been suitable as gifts to high-ranking military commanders or the Emperor himself.