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The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice

500–650
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300
With a long-haired Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, a saint in orant pose, a military saint with staff and shield, a youthful Christ with cruciform halo, and another military saint in armor killing a dragon (Saint George ?), under arcades

Inscribed in Greek: For her salvation Eudoxia has offered [this] to Saint Stephen of the village of Attar[outhi].

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
  • Date: 500–650
  • Geography: Made in Attarouthi, Syria
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Silver and gilded silver
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (21.3 x 16 cm)
    Diam. of foot: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
    Diam. of knop: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
    Capacity of cup: 1900 ml
    weight with restoration: 11.8oz. (334g)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry J. and Drue E. Heinz Foundation, Norbert Schimmel, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.3.3
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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