Cast Bronze Patera
Period
Roman (44 BC - AD 400)
Description
Cast Bronze Roman Patera. This patera has a fluted handle terminating in a rams head, it nostrils picked out in silver with a silver band behind the head and silvered leaf decoration at teh junction of the handle and bowl. Paterae had a range of functions; plain ones were used as frying pans, while more decorative examples such as this were used in religious services. Most excavated examples have been found in burials.From main burial one, one of two early 2nd century AD Romano-British burials discovered at Turner's Hall Farm, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, in March 2002.
Type of original
digital photograph
Artist or photographer
Warren, Kate
Location depicted in image
[not applicable].
Copyright
1)© St Albans Museums
Photo number
PX1459
