02-03-2006, 05:58 PM
Never saw this before, so maybe others did not either: the Staffordshire Patera.
It's dated between 100 and 200 AD.
Just below the rim is an engraved Latin inscription which runs around the pan in an unbroken sequence. It reads, ‘MAISCOGGABATUXELODUNUMCAMMOGLANNARIGOREVALIAELIDRACONIS’.
This is a list of four forts located at the western end of Hadrian’s Wall; Bowness (MAIS), Drumburgh (COGGABATA), Stanwix (UXELODUNUM) and Castlesteads (CAMMOGLANNA). it incorporates the name of an individual, AELIUS DRACO and a further place-name, RIGOREVALI.
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More images at this site (two pages!) and this page of the PAS website for more information. High-res image from the British Museum here.
Here's the press release:
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
For immediate release
Museum receives Roman discovery
January 5 2006
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery will be displaying a nationally historical Roman artefact called the Staffordshire Moorlands Patera from Saturday 14 January for one year. The Pan as it is commonly known was discovered in the Staffordshire Moorlands in 2003 by metal detectorists and was acquired and joint owned by the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, The British Museum and Tullie House Museum in Carlisle; its purchase was generously supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Pan is thought to be over 1800 years old, and despite loosing its handle and base is well preserved. The Pan was made as a functional vessel and as a 'souvenir' of Hadrian's Wall. The Pan is unique as it has Celtic styled engravings and the names of fortresses positioned on Hadrian's Wall engraved inside the rim of the pan. The Pan is thought to be a highly useful in telling us more about Hadrian's Wall and may eventually provide us with the Roman name for Hadrian's Wall.
The joint ownership is groundbreaking for the museum as it is the first time an acquisition of this kind has been arranged, it is highly important to the City Centre Museum as it enables the public to see such an historically important artefact, which was found locally and will be on display at the Museum throughout 2006 and then nationally around the UK from 2007.
Head of Museums Ian Lawley says,
'The joint acquisition of the Staffordshire Moorlands Pan by the three museums is truly trail-blazing. It marks a new era in co-operation between National and regional museums and will enable this enormously significant national treasure to be seen and enjoyed by a large number of people at all three venues. We hope that this will be the first of many such partnerships'.
The pan will be going on public display at the Museum from Saturday 14 January for 12 months and the exhibition has been sponsored by financial services company Brewin Dolphin. The opening of the exhibition will mark a year of Roman related activities including children's drop in work shops, Roman military re-enactments and other learning activities related to life in Roman Britain. The Pan will then go on to Carlisle in 2007.
Ends
Enquiries to Tony Adams Museums Marketing Officer 01782 232577
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery is open daily with free admission, further details and opening times can be found at www.stoke.gov.uk by calling the museum on 01782 232323.
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It's dated between 100 and 200 AD.
Just below the rim is an engraved Latin inscription which runs around the pan in an unbroken sequence. It reads, ‘MAISCOGGABATUXELODUNUMCAMMOGLANNARIGOREVALIAELIDRACONIS’.
This is a list of four forts located at the western end of Hadrian’s Wall; Bowness (MAIS), Drumburgh (COGGABATA), Stanwix (UXELODUNUM) and Castlesteads (CAMMOGLANNA). it incorporates the name of an individual, AELIUS DRACO and a further place-name, RIGOREVALI.
More images at this site (two pages!) and this page of the PAS website for more information. High-res image from the British Museum here.
Here's the press release:
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
For immediate release
Museum receives Roman discovery
January 5 2006
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery will be displaying a nationally historical Roman artefact called the Staffordshire Moorlands Patera from Saturday 14 January for one year. The Pan as it is commonly known was discovered in the Staffordshire Moorlands in 2003 by metal detectorists and was acquired and joint owned by the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, The British Museum and Tullie House Museum in Carlisle; its purchase was generously supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Pan is thought to be over 1800 years old, and despite loosing its handle and base is well preserved. The Pan was made as a functional vessel and as a 'souvenir' of Hadrian's Wall. The Pan is unique as it has Celtic styled engravings and the names of fortresses positioned on Hadrian's Wall engraved inside the rim of the pan. The Pan is thought to be a highly useful in telling us more about Hadrian's Wall and may eventually provide us with the Roman name for Hadrian's Wall.
The joint ownership is groundbreaking for the museum as it is the first time an acquisition of this kind has been arranged, it is highly important to the City Centre Museum as it enables the public to see such an historically important artefact, which was found locally and will be on display at the Museum throughout 2006 and then nationally around the UK from 2007.
Head of Museums Ian Lawley says,
'The joint acquisition of the Staffordshire Moorlands Pan by the three museums is truly trail-blazing. It marks a new era in co-operation between National and regional museums and will enable this enormously significant national treasure to be seen and enjoyed by a large number of people at all three venues. We hope that this will be the first of many such partnerships'.
The pan will be going on public display at the Museum from Saturday 14 January for 12 months and the exhibition has been sponsored by financial services company Brewin Dolphin. The opening of the exhibition will mark a year of Roman related activities including children's drop in work shops, Roman military re-enactments and other learning activities related to life in Roman Britain. The Pan will then go on to Carlisle in 2007.
Ends
Enquiries to Tony Adams Museums Marketing Officer 01782 232577
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery is open daily with free admission, further details and opening times can be found at www.stoke.gov.uk by calling the museum on 01782 232323.
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Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
