File:Egyptian - Pilgrim Flask of Saint Menas - Walters 482541 - Back.jpg
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editPilgrim Flask of Saint Menas ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Pilgrim Flask of Saint Menas |
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Description |
English: St. Menas is dressed in a soldier's tunic with 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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Date |
6th century date QS:P571,+550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Late Antique) |
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Medium |
terracotta medium QS:P186,Q60424 |
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Dimensions |
height: 9.9 cm (3.9 in); width: 6.6 cm (2.6 in); depth: 2.3 cm (0.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,9.95U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,6.65U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,2.38U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
48.2541 |
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Place of creation | Abu Mina, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. 2010-2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Museum purchase, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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