Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum
Information
Pottery pilgrim flask (ampulla) with a flat circular shaped body and narrow neck. Inscribed on one side in Greek and on the other side an image of Saint Menas who was a native of Egypt, and a Roman soldier. He suffered martyrdom under Diocletian about AD 300 - 304.
Specifications
- Accession number
- M11350
- Collection type
- Religion
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Date made
- 3rd Century AD - 9th Century AD
- Collector
- Joseph Mayer
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Materials
- Pottery
- Measurements
- Overall: 77 mm x 65 mm x 27 mm
- Credit line
- Gift of Joseph Mayer
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Joseph Mayer, Donor, Purchased, Donation, Owned until: 1867
- Location
- Item not currently on display
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