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Source Description
A large quantity of tableware survives from the Roman Empire, including this piece from Antioch and the Eastern Mediterranean. Most of the recovered groups of silver seem to have been hoards concealed during times of trouble. A complete table service, called a <em>ministerium</em> in Latin and a synthesis in Greek, consisted of silver for eating and drinking: trays, platters, plates, dishes, spoons, pepper dispensers, goblets, pitchers, ladles, and bowls. The god of wine, Dionysos, was frequently depicted on drinking and eating vessels.
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133706
label
Spouted Pitcher
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object
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1
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133706
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object
title
Spouted Pitcher
description
A large quantity of tableware survives from the Roman Empire, including this piece from Antioch and the Eastern Mediterranean. Most of the recovered groups of silver seem to have been hoards concealed during times of trouble. A complete table service, called a <em>ministerium</em> in Latin and a synthesis in Greek, consisted of silver for eating and drinking: trays, platters, plates, dishes, spoons, pepper dispensers, goblets, pitchers, ladles, and bowls. The god of wine, Dionysos, was frequently depicted on drinking and eating vessels.
date
300–600 CE
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60760387
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 10.8 x 18.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
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Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period
accession
1956.32
Source extras
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silver
tombstone
Spouted Pitcher, 300–600 CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver; diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); overall: 10.8 x 18.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1956.32
collection
MED - Byzantine
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 54
citation
Milliken, William. "Early Byzantine Silver." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>45, no. 3 (March 1958): 35-40.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 37; Reproduced: p. 46
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:51:49.339000
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133706
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Medieval Art
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MED - Byzantine
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silver
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