Cup with Centaurs and Cupids

Photograph of a silver and gold two-handled cup, richly decorated with figures in raised relief.

Cup with Centaurs and Cupids

Medium:: Silver and gold

Dimensions:: H. 11.7 cm; D. 18.5 cm; Diam. (of rim) 15 cm

Context:: Berthouville, France

Date:: Roman, 1–100 CE

Inventory Number:: inv. 56.6

Lender:: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Tahnee Cracchiola © Getty-BnF

The Latin inscription incised around the bottom of the body of the cup reads:

MERCVRIO AVGVSTO Q DOMITIVS TVTVS EX VOTO

Translation: To Augustan Mercury, Quintus Domitius Tutus (gave this) in fulfillment of a vow.