09-20-2013, 05:56 PM
Possibly not Paul. I use the term "Ritual" very loosely as obviously this Patera has a more meaningful use Could it have held plain or flavoured oils for dining with? Or various oils for the Baths? One thing for sure, they were not used for cooking.
As stated before, unless one can get hold of the actual excavation report, if it was even published, then we really do not knoe the context, just the era, and that's when a whole bundle of things come together to create confusion....ie types, find context, date, Military context.
Kevin
As stated before, unless one can get hold of the actual excavation report, if it was even published, then we really do not knoe the context, just the era, and that's when a whole bundle of things come together to create confusion....ie types, find context, date, Military context.
Kevin
Kevin
