Offering Dish

Photograph from above of a silver offering dish with two flat, rounded handles. A Latin inscription is incised in the circular center of the dish.

Offering Dish

Medium:: Silver

Dimensions:: H. 2 cm; L (with handles). 12.1 cm ; Diam. (mouth) 9.5 cm (Diam. at foot 3.8 cm)

Context:: Berthouville, France

Date:: Roman, 100–225 CE

Inventory Number:: inv. 56.39

Lender:: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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The Latin inscription, which was incised in the center of the dish, reads:

MERIO CANETO EPATICCVS DSD

Translation: To Mercury Caneto(nnensis), Epaticcus gave this from his own resources.