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Pilgrim Flask
Egyptian
Byzantine Period
6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height x width: 10.2 x 7 cm (4 x 2 3/4 in.).
Credit Line
Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession NumberRES.57.15
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionA mold-made pilgrim flask with low reliefs on both sides. One side is decorated with a profile head, facing right, of an African enclosed within a double pearled border. The other side bears an inscription in four lines inside a single pearled border. Buff-clay; unglazed.
Inscriptions: "Praise to Saint Menas"
Inscriptions: "Praise to Saint Menas"
InscriptionsMoulded design: on one side in low relief, negroid head r., within a double pearled border; on the other:(INSCRIPTION) in four lines within single pearled border.
"Praise to Saint Menas"
"Praise to Saint Menas"
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Thomas Whittemore Collection; bequest of Thomas Whittemore to MFA, April 11, 1957