Creator
Lucy O'Connor
Date of Visit
16th June 2015
Contributor
Graham Fereday
Mick Mullins
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons unless otherwise indicated
Type
Portable Object
Tags
C5th-C6th, Cave, Christ, Column, Late Antique, Manger, Nativity, Orb, Ox and Ass, Pilgrimage Object, Portable Object, Terracotta, Token
Collection
Late Antique tokens in the British Museum
Item Type
Portable Object
Type
Token
General Size
Small
Decoration
The Nativity
Version
3
Material
Clay
Physical Depth
3.22
Physical Diameter
13.28
Weight
0.8
Colour
Black
Find Spot
Qal'at Se'man, Syria
Current Location
The British Museum, London
Museum/Excavation Identification Number
1973,0501.9
LOC Handled
Yes
Citation
Lucy O'Connor, “Nativity token (BM 1973,0501.9),” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed December 22, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/807.