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Lancet / Surgical Tool

A pointed surgical tool explicitly associated with Saint Thalelaios on the Met processional cross; it is useful as an object-specific identifying clue, not a universal medical-saint symbol.

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Saint attributes

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Observation

A pointed surgical tool is held or shown with a saint.

Identification

On Met 1993.163 the lancet is part of the object-specific identification of Saint Thalelaios as a physician saint.

Conventional association

The tool can signal a medical/professional role in this documented context.

Theological interpretation

No broader theological meaning is assigned without a source.

Uncertainty

Do not use the lancet as a universal lookup key for every medical saint or every Byzantine image.

Safe-inference boundaryThis profile describes a source-bounded convention. It does not turn a generic clue into an assertion about any specific museum object unless an explicit object relationship/source supports that claim.
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Figures + icon types

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Saint Thalelaios← holds-attribute · source-backed

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross
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Saint ThalelaiosLancet / Surgical Tool ←holds-attribute— Saint Thalelaios · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-750.
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Saint Thalelaios
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data

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