The central panel of the triptych has a height of 270 mm[2] and is carved with the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and St. John to each side and half-length figures of the archangels Michael and Gabriel above.

On the left leaf, from top to bottom are carved St. Cyrus; St. George and Theodore Stratelates, with St. Menas and St. Procopius below; on the right leaf are carved the figures of St. John, St. Eustathius, Clement of Ancyra with St. Stephen and St. Kyrion above.

On the reverse are two crosses and roundels containing the busts of St. Joachim and St. Anna in the centre, with St.

The choice of saints must reflect the interests of the patron who originally ordered the triptych to be made.

It has been speculated that it was made for Anna Porphyrogenita, daughter of the Emperor Romanos II, but this cannot be substantiated.