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Date : approx. between 500 and 650
Material : Copper, Silver
Acquisition : The Attarouthi Treasure (1986)
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Objet(s) d'Art
Object of worship
Vitrine : V01
Area related
Attarouthi (Syrie)
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With a youthful Christ, two archangels and crosses. Inscribed in Greek : “Of Saint John of the village of Attaroutha”.
In early images of the Christ, he is always shown as a youth with short and curly hair. The flanking medaillons containing archangels, the guardians of heaven, suggest that here Christ is shown in heaven.
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