The Attarouthi Treasure 500-650 Byzantine When acquired by the Museum, the objects were in a good state of preservation. The surfaces, with their decoration worked in relief (repoussé) and engraved detail, had not been altered by overcleaning, and only two of the chalices (1986.3.2 and 1986.3.3) showed signs of having been partially reshaped. Some calcareous deposits and products of corrosionevidence of their burialremained on the exterior and had to be removed, but the vessels have not been polished further, and the original burnishing marks are still visible.These well-wrought liturgical objectschalices, censers, a strainer, and a representation of the dove of the Holy Spiritwere among the possessions of a Christian church in the affluent merchant town of Attarouthi in Syria, then one of the richest lands of the Byzantine Empire. The chalices, censers, and strainer were used for the Divine Liturgy, or Eucharist, in which Christians take consecrated wine and bread in commemoration

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The Attarouthi Treasure 500-650 Byzantine When acquired by the Museum, the objects were in a good state of preservation. The surfaces, with their decoration worked in relief (repoussé) and engraved detail, had not been altered by overcleaning, and only two of the chalices (1986.3.2 and 1986.3.3) showed signs of having been partially reshaped. Some calcareous deposits and products of corrosionevidence of their burialremained on the exterior and had to be removed, but the vessels have not been polished further, and the original burnishing marks are still visible.These well-wrought liturgical objectschalices, censers, a strainer, and a representation of the dove of the Holy Spiritwere among the possessions of a Christian church in the affluent merchant town of Attarouthi in Syria, then one of the richest lands of the Byzantine Empire. The chalices, censers, and strainer were used for the Divine Liturgy, or Eucharist, in which Christians take consecrated wine and bread in commemoration

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