Long-Handled Bowl

Photograph of a silver, long-handled bowl from above. The only decoration is a simple, incised border on the handle.

Long-Handled Bowl

Medium:: Silver

Dimensions:: H. 6.3 cm; Diam. (of bowl) 8.9 cm; L. (with handle) 14.8 cm

Context:: Berthouville, France

Date:: Roman, 75–200 CE

Inventory Number:: inv. 56.30

Lender:: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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A Latin inscription appears on the bowl:

AVE FILI

Translation: Greetings, son.