Offering Bowl

Photograph of a silver offering bowl with a large, central medallion on which has been incised a Latin inscription.

Offering Bowl

Medium:: Silver

Dimensions:: H. 4.3 cm; Diam. 20.3 cm

Context:: Berthouville, France

Date:: Roman, 100–225 CE

Inventory Number:: inv. 56.23

Lender:: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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The Latin inscription in the central medallion reads:

Q LUCANIVS BLAESVS EX STIPE

Translation: Quintus Lucanius Blaesus (gave this) from donations