Long-Handled Bowl with Seashell

Photograph from above of a silver, long-handled bowl from which the body of the bowl is missing. On the handle there is a silver seashell and some Latin letters in gold.

Long-Handled Bowl with Seashell

Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
H. 4.2 cm; Diam. (of bowl) 9.7 cm; L. (with handle) 17.4 cm
Context:
Berthouville, France
Date:
Roman, 75–200 CE
Inventory Number:
inv. 56.29
Lender:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The Latin inscription, which was rendered in gold letters on the handle, reads:

M VENER

and on the reverse:

LVPERCVS

Translation: To Mercury and Venus, Lupercus (gave this).