The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice 500–650 Byzantine 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 arcadesInscribed 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 The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice 466138

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