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Keywords: Byzantine - Silver Chalice - Walters 57633 - Profile.jpg State officials in the early Byzantine Empire often inspected newly made silver objects and stamped them to attest to the purity of the metal Four such stamps on the bottom of this cup for Communion wine contain together with the inspectors' names the monograms of Emperor Justinian ruled 527-65 and of his minister Peter served 547-50 The donor of the chalice was a state official whose name is recorded in the text along the rim For the prayer and salvation of the imperial agent Symeonius and of his household between 547 550 Late Antique silver traces of silver sulfide inlay H at cup rim 4 15/16 x Diam 4 11/16 in 12 5 x 11 9 cm ; Diam at foot rim cm 7 3 accession number 57 633 39696 Excavated in Syria ca 1908-1910 Tawfic Abucasem Hama and Port Said ca 1913 by purchase Joseph Brummer Paris ca 1928 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation Encircling the top of the cup + In fulfillment of a vow and for the salvation of SYMEONIOS magistrianos and of THOSE WHO BELONG TO HIM; Stamp Five stamps inside the foot Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 Wine and Spirit Rituals Remedies and Revelry Mount Holyoke College Art Museum South Hadley; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Rochester 2010-2011 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license Byzantine silver in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Silver chalices 6th-century metalwork
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