Ladle

58-9-1

From: Syria | Damascus

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 58-9-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Syria | Damascus
Manufacture Location Syria (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography floral motif
Description

Cup, flat on bottom, convex sided with flattened rim, slightly inturned. Handle attahced plainly, extending straight interuned. Handle attached plainly, extending straight up from rim. Handle a flat ribbon profiled along edges: straigh for 4 cm then set back and cut to a long diamond under short bent-backend, beaded and knobbed. Cold chiseled dec: fine outlined herringbone around outside of lip; floral design on back of handle

Height 14.3 cm
Length 13.2 cm
Outside Diameter 5.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Loring Dam, 1958

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