This goblet was hidden in a pot under the floor of an old church in ar-RuṢāfā. The excavation yielded additional vessels of religious use. The rim of the bowl features a band with a Syriac inscription interrupted in the middle with a circle with an image of Christ. The inside of the bowl is ornamented with the image of the Virgin surrounded by the archangels Gabriel and Michael and embracing Jesus.
Provenance: ar-RuṢāfā.
Material: gold-plated silver.
Height: 20 centimeters.
Era: Byzantine.
Photo credit: Nicholas Randall.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Highlights of the National Museum of Damascus. DGAM (Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées de Syrie). Ministère de la Culture, 2006.
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