When was this flask made?
New methods of scientific dating may eventually allow us to determine the date of production of such flasks with greater accuracy. At this point, we do not know exactly when our flask was made, although it is likely to have been in the sixth or early seventh century. The cult of St. Menas spread rapidly in the fifth and sixth centuries, with the rise of Christianity in late antiquity, and the flasks themselves were being produced from the early sixth century.
