ampulla
- Museum number
- 1875,0713.6
- Description
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Ampulla; clay; flat, circular sides with designs in relief. On side (a), Saint Menas stands to front, his arms outstretched in blessing. Above each arm is a cross. He wears a short tunic and a long cloak, and is flanked by camels. On side (b), within a raised border, in relief letters, the word divided by two diagonal raised lines, is an inscription. Part of one handle is missing. Orange-brown clay, with a buff surface.
- Production date
- 480-650 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.50 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Terracotta IV
Purchased: Greville J. Chester. Acquired in Alexandria.
Late Roman, about AD 480-650.
Comparanda: Sides (a) and (b): near: Kaufmann 1910: 163, figs 98 and 99, from Abu Mena.
Side (b): near: Breccia 1926: pl. xli:7, from Canopus; Kaufmann 1908: 194, fig. 141:12, from Abu Mena; Kaufmann 1910: 160, fig. 97:12, from Abu Mena; Witt 2000: no. 60, side B, dated end of fifth to mid-seventh century AD.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Very rough work.
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1875,0713.6
