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Autun: Merovingian pottery flask  (5th-6th c. AD)



Autun: Merovingian pottery flask (Musee Rolin; photo Athena Review 2012)


This terracotta ampoule or flask, made in the late 5th to early 6th century AD, dates from the Frankish or Merovingian period. It was used for anointment in Early Christian ritual.

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