pilgrim token

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Object Type
Museum number: 1991,0601.1
Description: Pilgrim-token; terracotta; circular; centre: stylite saint perched on a column and flanked by two angels, possibly holding crowns; lower right, a ladder and a cock; lower left, a kneeling monk holding a censer with, behind him, a palm-branch.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 6thC-7thC
Production place: Made in: Syria
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 34.50 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Buckton 1994 / Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine art and culture from British collections (129); Daim 2010 / Byzanz: Prach und Alltag (157)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2010 26 Feb-13 Jun, Germany, Bonn, Kunst and Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Byzantium: Splendour and Daily Life
Subjects: monk/nun; bird; saint/martyr; angel; architecture; tree/bush; crown; religious object
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1991
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1991,0601.1
Conservation

Free entry