Chalice cover

Inscription: [1] above and below central medallion (in Greek): “I C X C” (“Jesus Christ”) and “N I K A” (“Victory”)
[2] on left of central medallion (in Georgian ecclesiastical capitals): monogram of the “Saviour”
[3] on right (in same character): “Oh, God, have mercy upon Solomon”
[4] around central medallion (in Greek uncial writing): “Thou wouldst, for us incarnated, be most mercifully sacrificed like sheep”
[5] on four extremities of cross (in Georgian ecclesiastical capitals): “Oh, Lord Jesus Christ! Oh, God, Have mercy on sinful Solomon Shavrashidze”
[6] on border (in Georgian ecclesiastical writing): “God established the World that it shall not move. Prepared is thine throne from there and from eternity thou art. Amen.” [Psalm XCIII, v.1, 2]
[7] on both sides of nimbus, in central medallion (in Arabic): “Isa al-Masih,” i.e. “Jesus the Messiah”
[8] on end of cross in nimbus (in Greek letters): “I am that I am”

J. Pierpont Morgan , London and New York (until 1917; to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Liturgical Textiles of the Post-Byzantine World," August 3–November 1, 2015.