Bowl Depicting Cybele and Maia or Rosmerta

Photograph of a bowl from above with a Latin inscription inside the cup and, on the long handle, a female bust flanked by two bird heads and a female figure holding caduceus and cornucopia

Long-Handled Bowl Depicting Cybele and Maia or Rosmerta

Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
H. 8.3 cm; Diam. (of bowl) 17.6 cm; L. (with handle) 30.1 cm
Context:
Berthouville, France
Date:
Roman, 175–225 CE
Inventory Number:
inv. 56.25
Lender:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The Latin inscription, which was incised in a circle around the inside of the bowl, reads:

MERC AVG GERMANISSA VISCARI VSLM

To Augustan Mercury, Germanissa, the daughter of Viscarius, fulfilled her vow willingly as merited.