Coptic pilgrim flask, with St Menas standing between two camels

An image of Vessel. Flask. Pilgrim flask, with St Menas standing between two camels and inscription. Production Place: Egypt, Abu Mena. Find Spot: Egypt. Diameter 0.118 m, height 0.162 m, AD 341-660. Coptic Period.

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Vessel. Flask. Pilgrim flask, with St Menas standing between two camels and inscription. Production Place: Egypt, Abu Mena. Find Spot: Egypt. Diameter 0.118 m, height 0.162 m, AD 341-660. Coptic Period.

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Accession Number: E.18.1976
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 657.93kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2010:07:28 04:25:32

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4th Century 5th Century 6th Century 7th Century Abu Mena AD animal animals antiquity camels Christianity Coptic coptic period Early Christian Egyptian Fitz_ANT flask handled handles inscribed inscriptions pilgrim flask Saint Menas saints St Menas two handled two-handled vessel

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