Silver Dish, 3rd century, Made in Gaul, Late Roman, Silver, Overall: 1 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (3.5 x 18.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver, This silver dish, found with the patera in this case, was worked on a lathe to create the decorative concentric circles on its interior. Its precise function is unclear. Objects of this type have appeared among sixth-century church vessels in the Byzantine east, where they were used as patens to carry the Eucharist
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Silver Dish, 3rd century, Gaul, Late Roman, Silver, Overall, 1 3/8 x 7 1/4, 3.5 18.4 cm, Metalwork-Silver, silver, dish, patera, case, worked, lathe, create, decorative concentric, circles, interior, precise function, unclear, Objects, type, appeared, sixth-century church, vessels, Byzantine east, patens, carry, Eucharist
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