ampulla
- Museum number
- 1905,1014.1
- Description
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Ampulla; earthenware; of buff fabric, missing most of the neck and both handles. On side (a), within a border of studs, Saint Menas stands to front, his arms raised in blessing. Above his right arm is a cross. He has a nimbus and curly hair, wears a short tunic and a long cloak, and is flanked by camels. On side (b), within a wreath bound at the bottom and coming together at a small circle at the top, is an inscription in relief, with three small studs below.
- Production date
- 480-650 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 73 millimetres
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Width: 67 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Terracotta IV
Donated: Georges Manolakos.
Late Roman, about AD 480-650.
Comparanda: Side (a): close: perhaps from same mould-series: Kiss 1989a: nos 7 and 8, from Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria, context of AD 480-560. Close: Christie's South Kensington 'Sale Catalogue', 12 April 2000: lot 257. Near: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, e.179.1891.
Side (b): close, but image turned slightly anticlockwise: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, e.179.1891. Near: Kiss 1989a: no. 126, from Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria, from a context of AD 610-650.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fragments missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1905
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1905,1014.1
