1st cent Patera

[D B Campbell]

Frere and Tomlin class what is commonly called a patera a TRULLA; the difference being the latter has the handle and the former does not.

:lol: When the "Amiens patera" was reported to the English-speaking community back in 1951, it was so called because "the Amiens vase [!] is provided with a handle ... though a less noble and religious name, e.g. 'casserole' would perhaps be more convenient" (JRS 41, 1951, p. 22). The similar vessel found long before at Rudge in Wiltshire was sensibly christened "the Rudge Cup". However, when the Staffordshire Moorlands Pan (another example of the same type of vessel) was reported in 2004 -- notice "pan", rather than patera! -- Dr Tomlin started calling it a trulla. Must be a pet theory.

I notice that art scholars (as opposed to us military know-nothings) habitually call them "skillets", thus side-stepping the issue entirely.