ampulla

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Object Type
Museum number: 1876,1214.19
Description: Ampulla; lead; with ornament on each side in low relief; within a plaited border the bust of a military saint with shield and spear; in the field on one side the remains of a defaced vertical inscription.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 13thC-14thC
Production place: Made in: Thessaloniki (Macedon)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 2.22 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Parallels: K. Totev, Thessalonican Eulogia Found in Bulgaria (Veliko Turnovo 2011) 53-79.
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (998); Bakirtzis 1990 / Byzantine Ampullae from Thessaloniki (p.142)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Corroded with a large hole on each side.
Subjects: saint/martyr; arms/armour
Associated names: Representation of: St Demetrios; Representation of: St Nestor of Thessaloniki
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1876
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1876,1214.19

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