In order to improve an implant for replacing a vertebral body or for
insertion into an intervertebral cavity between adjacent vertebral bodies
of a human or animal spinal column, with a first contact face for resting
on a joint face of a first vertebral body and with a second contact face
for resting on a joint face of a second vertebral body, the implant being
at least partially produced from an X-ray transparent material and
comprising at least one X-ray marker in such a way that it can be
produced more simply, it is proposed that the at least one X-ray marker
is configured in the form of an at least partial marker coating, which
contains metal as the marker material, of a side face of the implant,
which is inclined relative to the first and/or the second contact face by
an angle of inclination.