Catalogue of early Christian antiquities and objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography of the British museum; (1901)
British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 99
322. Spoon, with a pear-shaped bowl ending in a vertical disc, on the upper edgeof which is fixed a tapering handle of octagonal section. On the upper part ofthe handle nearest the bowl is engraved: IVNONI LANVMVINAE SPS SVLP … Q_VIRIN (Junoni Lanuvmae suapecunia Serviiis Sulpicius Quirimis {dono dedit)). See figure. L. 79 in. Visconti, pi. xvi, fig. 3. This spoon had perhaps at one time formed part of the treasure of the Temple of JunoSospita at Lanuvium. SILVER TREASURES 73 323. SroON, with narrow pear-shaped bowl…
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