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| Keywords: Byzantine - Oil Flask - Walters 57639.jpg This flask is decorated with images of Christ the Virgin and two military saints Sergios and Bacchos represented with the soft voluminous drapery and staring eyes typical of the art of Byzantine Syria The inscription tells how the donors Megale and her family gave this flask in fulfillment of a vow and for the eternal salvation of departed souls The flask the original lid and chain of which are now lost was probably used to hold consecrated oil for the rite of baptism or for the anointing of the sick or dying late Other date century 6 Late Antique silver cm 22 3 5 8 ; Diam at base cm 5 9 ; Diam of outer spout cm 2 2 accession number 57 639 23798 Excavated in Syria 1908-1910 Tawfic Abucasem Hama and Port Said ca 1913 by purchase Joseph Brummer Paris ca 1928 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation + For the prayer and salvation of Megale and of her children and nephews and for the repose of the soul of Heliodorus and Acacius Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Byzantine silver in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
