Plate with Bird

Photograph of a silver plate with a central medallion in silver, gold, and niello depicting a bird. A Latin inscription has been incised across the body of the plate.

Plate with Bird

Medium:
Silver, gold, and niello
Dimensions:
H. 3.3 cm; Diam. 28.3 cm
Context:
Berthouville, France
Date:
Roman, 175–225 CE
Inventory Number:
inv. 56.24
Lender:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The incised Latin inscription reads:

MERCVR AVG SACRVM GERMANISSA VISCARII VSLM

Translation: Sacred to Augustan Mercury, Germanissa, the daughter of Viscarius, fulfilled her vow willingly as merited.