vessel
- Museum number
- K/Vases.64
- Description
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Silver vessel handle fragment, with gilded decoration showing the goddess Minerva above a temple close by a water-source. A figure makes an offering before the temple.
- Production date
- 2ndC-3rdC
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The fragments of highly decorated silver vessels that make up the Capheaton treasure were found in 1747. They may be treasure from a temple. The decoration is purely Roman, and depicts religious and mythological subjects.
The scene is highly reminiscent of the precinct of Sulis Minerva at Bath.
- Location
- On display (G49/dc11)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1982 Feb-Apr, Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, Richard Payne Knight
- Acquisition date
- 1824
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- K/Vases.64
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1824,0482.64
