The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
With a youthful Christ with cruciform halo flanked by a deacon saint with censer (probably Saint Stephen) and a youthful saint with staff,
and the Virgin Mary in orant pose flanked by archangels, under arcades
Inscribed in Greek: For his salvation Diodoros of the village of Attaroutha has offered [this].
The Virgin stands with her hands lifted in prayer. The orant pose—hands raised to heaven—is the earliest position for prayer in the Christian church.
and the Virgin Mary in orant pose flanked by archangels, under arcades
Inscribed in Greek: For his salvation Diodoros of the village of Attaroutha has offered [this].
The Virgin stands with her hands lifted in prayer. The orant pose—hands raised to heaven—is the earliest position for prayer in the Christian church.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
- Date: 500–650
- Geography: Made in Attarouthi, Syria
- Culture: Byzantine
- Medium: Silver and gilded silver
- Dimensions: Overall: 7 13/16 × 6 3/16 in., 12.4oz. (19.9 × 15.7 cm, 351g)
Diam. of foot: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Diam. of knop: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Capacity of cup: 1100 ml - 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: 1986.3.4
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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