Information
Part of a pilgrim bottle stamped with figure of St Menas. Inscription: ArIOC MHNAC. In which Christian pigrims took water from the healing spring of St Menas near Alexandria.
Specifications
- Accession number
- 1976.159.409.8
- Collection type
- Container
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Date made
- 450 AD - 650 AD
- Collector
- Cheltenham College
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Materials
- Pottery
- Measurements
- Overall: 74 mm x 86 mm x 23 mm
- Credit line
- Purchased From Cheltenham College
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Cheltenham College, Previous owner, Sold, Owned until: 1976
- Location
- Item not currently on display