The Attarouthi Treasure - Wine Strainer
Object type: Strainer
Department: Medieval Art
Culture: Byzantine
Date: 500–650
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (funnel and strainer): 2 5/16 × 6 15/16 × 3 7/8 in., 6oz. (5.8 × 17.6 × 9.8 cm, 169g)
Overall (strainer only): 3 9/16 × 1 1/16 in., 1.8oz. (9.1 × 2.7 cm, 52g)
weight of funnel without strainer: 4.1oz. (117g)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Geography: Made in Attarouthi   Syria  
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry J. and Drue E. Heinz Foundation, Norbert Schimmel, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1986
Accession year: 1986