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Source Description
St. Menas is dressed in a soldier's tunic, his arms extended in the early Christian pose of prayer. The patron saint of merchants and caravans, he stands between two kneeling camels. St. Menas was martyred in AD 296 and buried in the desert west of Alexandria (in northern Egypt). Pilgrims came to the saint's shrine for the healing powers of its sacred oil, carried away in these small flasks.
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Document identity
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17342
label
Pilgrim Flask of Saint Menas
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2
Source metadata
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17342
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normalized
title
Pilgrim Flask of Saint Menas
description
St. Menas is dressed in a soldier's tunic, his arms extended in the early Christian pose of prayer. The patron saint of merchants and caravans, he stands between two kneeling camels. St. Menas was martyred in AD 296 and buried in the desert west of Alexandria (in northern Egypt). Pilgrims came to the saint's shrine for the healing powers of its sacred oil, carried away in these small flasks.
provenance
Pete N. Nickolas (Helios Old World Antiquities), Westminster, Maryland, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1987, by purchase.
date
6th century (Late Antique)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
flasks
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10
height
6.7
depth
2.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 15/16 x W: 2 5/8 x D: 15/16 in. (9.95 x 6.65 x 2.38 cm)
Source extras
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Coptic
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terracotta
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6182
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ROM
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2115
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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8fd2a2305b7a0b73
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2
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photo
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3d24437b51ddf9cf
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