Pitcher

Photograph from the side of a silver pitcher with a single, looping handle. There is no visible decoration, but a Latin inscription is incised on the body of the pitcher on the spout side.

Pitcher

Medium:: Silver

Dimensions:: H. (with handle) 18 cm; W. 11.5 cm; D. 13 cm; Diam. (of foot) 4.6 cm

Context:: Berthouville, France

Date:: Roman, 100–225 CE

Inventory Number:: inv. 56.34

Lender:: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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The Latin inscription, which was incised on the front of the body of the pitcher, reads:

MERCVRIO [AVG] CAMVLOGNATA COICI FILIA VSLM

Translation: To Augustan Mercury, Camulognata, the daughter of Coicus, fulfilled her vow willingly as merited.