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Dragon-Slaying Warrior-Saint Motif

An armored saint killing a dragon on the Attarouthi chalices; the Met says the figure may be among the earliest surviving depictions of Saint George, so the personal identification remains qualified.

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Saint attributes

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Observation

An armored saint is shown killing a dragon.

Identification

On the Attarouthi chalices the Met says the figure may be among the earliest surviving depictions of Saint George.

Conventional association

Dragon-slaying becomes a warrior-saint motif, but the personal identification in this early example remains qualified.

Theological interpretation

BIU does not assign a generalized symbolic reading beyond the sourced military/saint context.

Uncertainty

“May be Saint George” remains a possibility, not a definitive label.

Safe-inference boundaryThis profile describes a source-bounded convention. It does not turn a generic clue into an assertion about any specific museum object unless an explicit object relationship/source supports that claim.
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Figures + icon types

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Saint Georgecan-identify · qualified-source-backed

Scenes

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Verified objects

1 direct
Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)← displays-element · source-backed

Materials + making

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  6. Materials + makingTwo-step navigation path, not a new direct historical claim.
Decoder source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
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Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)Dragon-Slaying Warrior-Saint Motif ←displays-element— Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-799.Saint GeorgeDragon-Slaying Warrior-Saint Motif —can-identify→ Saint George · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-808.
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Connected record

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Attarouthi Treasure Chalice (Met 1986.3.1)
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Saint George
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source trail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
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