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Object Type
Museum number: 1887,1205.7
Description: Oval pilgrim-flask; clay; pierced at the shoulders; flat sides with raised designs; obverse, one of the evangelists(?), bearded, holding an open book, on which are two letters; in the other hand is a cross; reverse, a standing figure in a mantle, holding a book with both hands.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 6thC
Production place: Made in: Pergamon (?)
Materials
Technique: relief; pierced
Dimensions: Height: 2.55 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Parallels: C. Metzger, Les ampoules à eulogie du Musée du Louvre (Paris 1981) cat. 119; V. N. Zalesskaia, Памятники византийского прикладного искусства IV-VII веков (St. Petersburg 2006) cat. 543.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: saint/martyr; book/newspaper; cross
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: William Copeland Borlase; Purchased through: Sotheby's; Purchased through: Rollin & Feuardent
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,1205.7

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