bowl
- Museum number
- 1946,1007.11
- Description
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Silver flanged bowl, hemispherical in profile, with an integrated flared foot-ring; below the upstand (the vertical rim on which the cover (1946,1007.12) sits, there is a wide hooked flanged. In the centre of the base is a foliate motif inside a wave crest border, with 16 crests running clockwise, but with one facing the other way. This encloses an eight-leafed foliate motif. The flange is edged with bead-and-reel moulding and on its upper surface is an incised continuous geometric vine-scroll pattern. This is enclosed by two lines of wave that alternate in direction, the inner scrolling clockwise, the outer anti-clockwise. The designs have all been infilled with niello, only parts of which survive.
- Production date
- 4thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 60 millimetres (foot-ring)
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Diameter: 228 millimetres
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Height: 12.50 millimetres (foot-ring)
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Height: 191 millimetres (with cover (12))
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Height: 93.20 millimetres
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Weight: 838.10 grammes
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Volume: 1674 millilitres
- $Inscriptions
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- Bibliographic references
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Painter 1977a / The Mildenhall Treasure: Roman Silver from East Anglia
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Hobbs 2008 / The secret history of the Mildenhall treasure
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Roman Britain 1964 / Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain (p. 40, pl. 7.13)
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Hobbs & Jackson 2010 / Roman Britain Life at the Edge of Empire (p. 150-151, fig. 121)
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Hobbs 2016 / The Mildenhall Treasure: Late Roman Silver Plate from East Anglia (p.1, pl.1, p.4, p.5, pl.8, p.7-8, p.10, pl.14, p.11, pl.15, pl.17, p.12, pl.18, p.14, p.15, p.16, p.17, table.2, p,159-177, p.159-164, p.160, pl.276, p.161, pl.277, p.162, pl.278-279, table.13, p.163, pl.280, p.165, p.172, p.173-174, p.174, pl.303-304, p.177, p.237, p.241, p.242, table.17, p.244, p.246, p.250, p.251, p.266, table.28, p.267, pl.407, p.268, p.271, p.279, table.31, p.287, p.297, p.298) (cat.11)
- Location
- On display (G49/dc22)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2005-2006 25 Jul-13 Jan, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2005 12 Feb-26 Jun, Newcastle, Hancock Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004-2005 1 Oct-15 Jan, Manchester Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004 30 Apr-21 Sep, Cardiff, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2003-2004 21 Nov-14 Mar, London, BM, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Acquisition notes
- Found while ploughing, 1942
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1946,1007.11
