An ancient Roman soldier's bronze 'mess tin' (patera or trulla) with a stamped inscription "...IAEVIO." This deep pan with a long handle was used to cook, eat, and drink from while on the march and was an essential part of every legionnaire's kit.
Ca. 1st century AD.
Length: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm).
Intact.
The stamped maker's mark likely reads: P. NAEVIO, the name of the workshop is known from other finds to have been active in central Gaul between Neronian and Flavian times.
Confer for an example from Cremona: Connolly, "Greece and Rome at War," p. 242, no.2.
Formerly in a German private collection.
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Inv.#: 1970
$3,500
Roman Bronze Legionnaire's Mess Tin
HIXENBAVGH
ANCIENT ART
