Silver bowl

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This silver bowl was found at Traprain Law in East Lothian. It was part of a hoard containing over 150 silver objects, mainly tableware, buried between 410 and 425 AD. The hoard included over 50 bowls of various shapes and styles.

The much-battered and cracked bowl has the letters 'ROM' and 'RO' etched on the bottom, together with two crude crosses.

All the silver in the large Traprain Law hoard was treated as scrap, with virtually all of it cut up and bent over. It probably represents payment to ensure the loyalty of a friendly chief, but other theories include payment for warriors or loot.

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• Online ID: 000-100-039-720-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.GVA 40
• Date: Deposited between 410 and 425 AD
  
• Material: Silver; shallow; with graffiti
  Bowl
  
• Dimensions: 1.88" H x 8.13" D; weight 15.25 oz
  
• What: Bowl
  
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• Where: Scotland, East Lothian, Traprain Law
  
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• Description: Shallow silver bowl with graffiti, from Traprain Law
  
• References:
  • Curle, Alexander O. The treasure of Traprain. A Scottish hoard of Roman silver plate. Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson and Co., 1923, p. 48. 
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