Two images of ancient Christian prayer

Two images of ancient Christian prayer

 

Orante figure
A third-century painting from the Christian catacomb of Priscilla, near Rome
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

Incidentally, please note the Christian gesture of prayer in the image (from a sixth-century Egyptian ivory box) accompanying the article to which I linked here.

 

What does it have in common with the third-century image above?

 

Posted from Istanbul, Turkey


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