The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice

Unknown

500–650 · Silver and gilded silver · Medieval Art

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].

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–650

Medium

Silver and gilded silver

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry J. and Drue E. Heinz Foundation, Norbert Schimmel, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1986