bowl

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Object Type
Museum number: 1946,1007.8
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 78 beads, is decorated with a scene of veiled female bust facing right; the bust is likely to be a representation of Alexander's mother Olympias (see 1946,1007.7). The flange is decorated by four scenes separated by busts: the first with a single boar and a pair of wild boars separated by a tree; the seconda pair of leopards bringing down an ox, flanked by a female bust on the left and a male bust on the right; the third by a pair ofgrazing horses and nuzzling horses separated by a tree; the fourth by bears feasting on a fallen horse flanked by a female bust on the left and a male bust on the right.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: West Row
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 89 millimetres (foot-ring); Diameter: 266 millimetres; Height: 22 millimetres (foot-ring); Height: 87 millimetres; Weight: 1320 grammes; Volume: 1069 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); Hobbs & Jackson 2010 / Roman Britain Life at the Edge of Empire (p. 150, 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.15, pl.17, p.12, pl.18, p.15, p.16, p.17, table.2, p.34, pl.46j, m, p.35, pl.46o, p.41, p.50, table.5, p.52, table.6, p.100-146, p.100, p.101, pl.147, p.102, pl.148, p.110, pl.168, p.111, pl.169-171, p.111, p.115-119, p.116, pl.187, p.117, pl.183-185, p.118, pl.186-188, p.119, pl.189-191, p.121, p.125, p.126, pl.204, p.127, table.10, p.129-131, p.132, table.11, p.133-138, p.138, pl.227, p.141, pl.237, p.144, pl.248-249, p.145, pl.250, 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.7)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: cattle; classical mythological figure/creature; horse/ass; wild cat/big cat; mammal
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: 1946,1007.8
Conservation: Treatment: 03 Sep 2013; Treatment: 30 Jun 1997; Treatment: 08 Nov 1995; Treatment: 07 Sep 1993; Treatment: 13 Jan 1992; Treatment: 25 Nov 1979; Treatment: 17 Apr 2007

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