Detail View: The AMICA Library: Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1950.378
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Name-CRT: 
Byzantium, Syria, 6th-7th Century
Title: 
Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 500-700
Creation Start Date: 
500
Creation End Date: 
700
Materials and Techniques: 
silver
Classification Term: 
Metalwork
Creation Place: 
Syria
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16.8cm x 13.8cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1950.378
Credit Line: 
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Inscriptions: 
the Greek inscription at the top, under an engraved line translates as: + The priest, KYRIAKOS, son of DOMNOS, (gave this chalice) to St. Sergios, in the time of Zeno the priest.
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Jacques O. Matossian; Paul Mallon, New York).
Context: 
These four objects form what is now called the Beth Misona Treasure, named for the village in Syria where they were made. Each of the three chalices bears a portrait bust of Christ, the Virgin, and Saints Peter and Paul. The Greek inscription along the rim of one of the chalices reads: The priest Kyriakos, son of Domnos [has presented this chalice] to Saint Sergios, under Zeno the priest. The paten was produced by hammering and turning on a lathe. Its inscription reads: Having vowed, Domnos, son of Zacheos, has offered [this paten] to Saint Sergios of the villageof Beth Misona.
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