Orb ark

The orb ark that contained the Orb of Time

An orb ark was an ornate container used to hold an Orb of the Prophets. They were roughly rectangular with a door that opened from one of its corners. Each half of this door had a oval shaped window or jewel that allowed the light of the orb to shine through. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets", "Shadows and Symbols")

Orb ark is the descriptive name given to the container in the scripts for "Tears of the Prophets" [1] and "Shadows and Symbols". [2] In the latter script, the container is also called an "orb box".