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An artwork in this medium which depicts a priestess with a box of incense standing next to an oak tree is dedicated to the marriage of the Symmachi and Nicomachi families. Another work in this medium features a man wearing a Phrygian cap standing next to the spear of a warrior whose foot (-5[1])is being touched by a personification of Gaia. That work in this medium depicts Jesus blessing a horse-riding warrior, who is probably (*) Justinian the Great. Panels depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis appear on a throne in this medium for Bishop Maximianus. This material, which was used to create the Barberini Diptych, appears with gold on the body of a statue whose central figure wears a silver crown of olives and holds a statue of Nike in his arm. For 10 points, gold and what other material were used to make chryselephantine (-5[1])sculptures like the Statue of Zeus at Olympia? (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: ivory
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