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Clay St Menas flask
Pilgrim flask, with St Menas on one side and man in Roman soldier costume on other side. Pilgrim flasks stored oil from the lamps burning over the graves of Coptic saints.
Diameter: 4.9 cm
Length: 7.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry
Coptic
341
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660
Accession number: E.208.1932
Primary reference Number: 52935
Oldadmincategory: P
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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