Clay St. Menas flask
Pilgrim flask, with St Menas between two camel heads on both sides. Pilgrim flasks stored oil from the lamps burning over the graves of Coptic saints.
Length: 11 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry
Coptic
Circa
401
CE
-
500
CE
Accession number: E.83.1932
Primary reference Number: 52813
Oldadmincategory: P
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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