Pitcher with Scenes from the Trojan War
Pitcher with Scenes from the Trojan War
- Description:
- Scenes depicted include: Achilles with Eight Greek Warriors Weeping over the Body of Patroclus and Priam’s Embassy to Ransom Hector’s Body; Episodes from the Life of Achilles
- Medium:
- Silver and gold
- Dimensions:
- H. 29.9 cm; W. 14.5; Circumference. 42 cm (Diameter of foot: 7.4 cm)
- Context:
- Berthouville, France
- Date:
- Roman, 1–100 CE
- Inventory Number:
- inv. 56.4
- Lender:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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The Latin inscription incised on the shoulder of the pitcher reads:
MERCVRIO AVGVSTO Q DOMITIVS TVTVS EX VOTO
Translation: To Augustan Mercury, Quintus Domitius Tutus (gave this) in fulfillment of a vow