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Pilgrim flasks & eulogia tokens

What it is
Blessings (eulogiai) carried home from holy sites: Saint Menas flasks from Abu Mena filled with healing oil or water, clay tokens of the stylite Symeon made from earth at his pillar, and lead ampullae from Jerusalem.
Making yours
Menas flasks are 8–15 cm, mould-made in two halves of buff clay, with the saint between two kneeling camels. Tokens are 2–4 cm stamped clay discs.
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MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150Meydum and Memphis (III) (1910) (14593335630)Meydum and Memphis (III) (1910) (14593335630)MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1200Asia minore, ampolla da pellegrino (eulogiai) con san mena d'egitto tra dromedari, VI secolo dcAsia minore, ampolla da pellegrino (eulogiai) con san mena d'egitto tra dromedari, VI secolo dcMEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150Carnavalet - ampoule de Saint-Ménas (AC660)Carnavalet - ampoule de Saint-Ménas (AC660)MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1350Pottery pilgrim bottle, for storing water from the spring of Saint Menas. Byzantine period. From Alexandria, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, LondonPottery pilgrim bottle, for storing water from the spring of Saint Menas. Byzantine period. From Alexandria, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, LondonMEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1250Saint Menas flask (5-6th-century AD) - Musei Civici Eremitani - Padua 2016Saint Menas flask (5-6th-century AD) - Musei Civici Eremitani - Padua 2016MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1350MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1350MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1250MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1150MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1350MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1100MEDIEVAL AMPULLAMEDIEVAL AMPULLAUnited Kingdom · 1250

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