Votive Plaque with a Female Saint

6th-7th century (Late Antique)

2.5 cm 3 cm

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This thin silver piece shows a female saint with an inscription that translates as: "Lord, help." It was a votive, or offering, left by pilgrims at a shrine in order to ask for divine assistance, or to give thanks for a miraculous cure. The practice of leaving votives at shri...

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[Found near Ma'aret en-Noman, Syria, prior to 1945]; Joseph Brummer, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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