Beaker Commemorating the Isthmian Games

Photograph of a silver and gold beaker, richly decorated with figures in raised relief.

Beaker Commemorating the Isthmian Games

Medium:: Silver and gold

Dimensions:: H. 12.6 cm; Diam. 10.3 cm (Diam. of foot 4.7 cm)

Context:: Berthouville, France

Date:: Roman, 1–100 CE

Inventory Number:: inv. 56.10

Lender:: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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The Latin inscription incised at the base of the beaker, immediately below decorative field on the outside, reads:

MERCVRIO AVGVSTO Q DOMITIVS TVTVS EX VOTO

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