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| Keywords: Byzantine - Menorah Flask - Walters 47673.jpg This hexagonal flask is decorated with a menorah a palm tree and geometric forms Many similar flasks substitute crosses for the Jewish symbol indicating that a single workshop served the needs of both Christians and Jews in the area around Jerusalem Menorah flasks often discovered in graves were used as funerary offerings and to hold holy oil that came from synagogues and holy places on Mount Zion ca 600 Late Antique glass cm 9 7 7 6 9 accession number 47 673 35527 Edward J Waddell Bethesda Maryland by purchase Lyn P Meyerhoff Baltimore 1987 by purchase Harvey M Meyerhoff Baltimore 1988 by inheritance Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr Harvey M Meyerhoff in memory of Lyn P Meyerhoff 1992 place of origin Jerusalem Israel Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Glassware in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
