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| Keywords: Syrian - Votive Plaque with a Female Saint - Walters 571826.jpg This thin silver piece shows a female saint with an inscription that translates as Lord help It was a votive or offering left by pilgrims at a shrine in order to ask for divine assistance or to give thanks for a miraculous cure The practice of leaving votives at shrines continues to this day century 6 7 Late Antique silver alloy cm 3 01 2 54 accession number 57 1826 29857 Found near Ma'aret en-Noman Syria prior to 1945 Joseph Brummer New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Transcription K YPIE BOHOI; Translation Lord help Sacred Souvenirs Byzantine Pilgrimage Art Dumbarton Oaks Washington 1982 Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 place of origin Syria Walters Art Museum license Byzantine silver in the Walters Art Museum Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Reliefs from Syria Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
