bowl
- Museum number
- 1946,1007.5
- Description
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Silver flanged bowl with beaded rim (63 beads in total) on a circular foot-ring. The basal medallion and the rim are decorated with raised relief made using chasing and engraving techniques. The central medallion, enclosed in a circle of 93 beads, is decorated with a scene of a hunter spearing a bear with a tree between the figures and foliage below. The flange is decorated by four scenes separated by busts: the first with a pair of goats and a pair of wild boars with tree and basket between; the second griffins bringing down a horse, flanked by a female bust on the left and a bearded male bust on the right; the third by a pair of recumbent oxen and grazing sheep separated by a tree; the fourth by leopards bringing down a bull flanked by a female bust on the left and a satyr bust on the right.
- Production date
- 4thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 101 millimetres (foot-ring)
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Diameter: 297 millimetres
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Height: 20 millimetres (foot-ring)
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Height: 92 millimetres
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Weight: 1718 grammes
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Volume: 1497 millilitres
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- Curator's comments
- Bowls of this shape were popular in late-Roman table services. The decoration on the flat rims shows a variety of animals in hunting and pastoral scenes, themes which fall into the general category of Bacchic imagery. The inclusion of griffins, a mythical species, alongside real animals, is a common feature.
K.S. Painter, The Mildenhall Treasure (London, 1977)
- 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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R I B / The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (II.2, 2414.7, p. 33)
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Roman Britain 1964 / Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain (p. 40)
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Hobbs & Jackson 2010 / Roman Britain Life at the Edge of Empire (p. 150, fig. 121)
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Hobbs 2016 / The Mildenhall Treasure: Late Roman Silver Plate from East Anglia (p.1, pl.1, p.3, p.4, p.5, pl.8, p.7-8, p.10, pl.14, p.11, pl.17, p.12, pl.18, p.15, p.16, p.17, table.2, p.18, p.32, p.33, pl.46a, d, f, p.140, p.34, pl.46g, i, p.36, pl.46p, s, p.41, p.52, table.6, p.95, p.100-146, p.100-109, p.101, pl.147, p.102, pl.148, p.103, pl.149, p.104, pl.150-151, p.105, pl.152-155, p.106, pl.156-158, p.107, pl.159-161, p.108, pl.162-164, p.109, pl.165-167, p.121-122, p.124, p.125, p.126, pl.204, p.127, table.10, p.129-131, p.132, table.11, p.133-138, p.139, pl.228-229, p.141, pl.235, pl.239, p.142, pl.241-243, p.143, pl.244-245, p.147-148, p.155, p.157, p.167, p.170-171, p.175, p.228, p.234, p.235, pl.397, p.242, table.17, p.244, p.245, p.246, p.264, p.266, table.28, p.267, pl.407, p.268, p.269, p.271, p.272, p.273, p.279, table.31, p.288, p.297) (cat.5)
- 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
- 1946,1007.5
