Two silver platters from the Mildenhall treasure
Roman Britain, 4th century AD
Found in Mildenhall, Suffolk
Belonging to Eutherios
The pair of small dishes or platters with Bacchic scenes are
closely related in style and subject to the Great Dish itself. Both
show maenads, female followers of Bacchus, dancing and playing
musical instruments, in one case accompanied by the god Pan and in
the other by a young satyr.
The Greek name Eutherios is scratched lightly on the underside
of each dish within the footring. It is written in the genitive
(possessive) case, which suggests that he was once the owner of the
plate.
K.S. Painter, The Mildenhall Treasure-1 (London, 1977)
T. Richard Blurton (ed.), The enduring image: treasures, exh. cat (British Council, 1997)