Title

The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Central detail of The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century. The face in the centre represents Oceanus, with dolphins in his hair and a beard formed of seaweed. This is the most famous object in the Mildenhall treasure, usually known as the 'Great Dish', or as the 'Neptune' or 'Oceanus Dish'. From the British Museum's collection.

Date

300th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B76_437

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,3Mb) / 17,0in x 11,5in / 5112 x 3439 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal fish music religious arts dance religion drinking dancing shell panther museum dolphin sea horse deity God Neptune British Museum century amusement musical instrument enjoyment staff pan artefact concept mythology roman mythology artifact B&W goddess MONOCHROME poseidon merriment aquatic life Bacchus mythical creature nymph Hercules black & white black and white B W Herakles Greek mythology Satyr CM Dixon 4th century Dionysius Great Dish ketos maenad Mildenhall treasure mythical beast Oceanus Roman Britain sea-nymph sea-stag thyrsus triton Dionysus Unknown silver Dixon CM Bacchante Heracles CM Dixon Mike Dixon Oceanus Dish CM Dixon silver