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This is a detail of a bronze pan, also known as a patera, found at Dowalton Loch Crannog in Wigtownshire. It is a Roman object used for heating and serving wine, which was obtained by natives by trade or gift, sometime between 80 and 100 AD.

This picture shows the ring handle which is decorated as a stylised wreath ending in monsters' heads. The handle is held onto the pan by a mount depicting Medusa, a monster in Greek and Roman mythology who could turn anyone who looked at her into stone.

Dowalton Loch was a sacred site for millennia. Prestigious objects such as cauldrons, bowls and basins have been found there, dating from Bronze Age to Medieval periods.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-999-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.HU 1
• Date: Between 80 and 100 AD
  
• Material: Bronze, tinned inside; human face in relief; moveable ring; inscribed handle
  Patera
  
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• What: Patera
  
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• Where: Scotland, Wigtownshire, Dowalton Loch (Crannog)
  
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• Description: Bronze patera, tinned inside, with an inscribed handle and human face in relief, from Dowalton Loch Crannog
  
• References:
  • Clarke, D.V., Breeze, D.J., and Mackay, Ghillean. The Romans in Scotland. An introduction to the collections of the National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1980, pp 44-5. 
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