bowl

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Object Type
Museum number: 1946,1007.7
Description: Silver flanged bowl with beaded rim (66 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 92 beads, is decorated with a male bust facing left with Corinthian helmet and shield behind the bust; the bust is likely to represent Alexander the Great. The flange is decorated by four scenes separated by busts: the first with a male goat grazing and a pair of sheep, one a ram and the other a female, with a tree between; the second a bear chasing a pair of deer, flanked by a female bust on the left and a bearded male bust on the right; the third by a pair of goats and grazing sheep separated by a tree; the fourth by a bear bringing down a goat and another goat fleeing, separated by a tree, flanked by a female bust on the left and a satyr bust on the right.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: West Row
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 88 millimetres (foot-ring); Diameter: 266 millimetres; Height: 20 millimetres (foot-ring); Height: 90 millimetres; Weight: 1301 grammes; Volume: 1229 millilitres
Bibliographic references: Painter 1977a / The Mildenhall Treasure: Roman Silver from East Anglia; Hobbs 2008 / The secret history of the Mildenhall treasure; Roman Britain 1964 / Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain (p. 40, pl. 8.17); Hobbs & Jackson 2010 / Roman Britain Life at the Edge of Empire (p. 151, fig. 121); Hobbs 2016 / The Mildenhall Treasure: Late Roman Silver Plate from East Anglia (p.1, pl.1, p.3, p.4, pl.7, 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.33, pl.46e, p.34, pl.46h, p.41, p.52, table.6, p.100-146, p.100, p.101, pl.147, p.102, pl.148, p.109-115, p.112, pl.172-174, p.113, pl.175-176, p.114, pl.177-181, p.117, p.121, p.125, p.126, pl.204, p.127, table.10, p.129-131, p.132, table.11, p.133-138, p.141, pl.236, p.144, pl.246-247, p.147, p.155, p.157, p.167, p.170, p.175, p.228, p.235, 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.273, p.279, table.31, p.288, p.297) (cat.6)
Location: On display (G49/dc22)
Exhibition history: 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
Subjects: mammal; classical mythological figure/creature
Associated names
Acquisition name: Treasure Trove: HM Treasury; From: Sydney Ford; From: Gordon Butcher
Acquisition date: 1946
Acquisition notes: Found while ploughing, 1942
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1946,1007.7
Conservation: Treatment: 03 Sep 2013; Treatment: 30 Jun 1997; Treatment: 14 Nov 1995; Treatment: 07 Sep 1993; Treatment: 13 Jan 1992; Treatment: 25 Nov 1979; Treatment: 02 May 2007; Treatment: 13 Nov 2003

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