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| Keywords: Roman - Amphora with Bacchic Scenes - Walters 57708 - Right.jpg This amphora has lost one of its handles The scenes on the amphora include Bacchus and his consort Ariadne with their followers among temples hills and trees A later inscription appears on the neck where a missing handle was originally attached The inscription reads A V S D /MER votum solvit deo mercurio dedication to Mercury century 2 3 silver traces of gilt H 6 1/4 x W 4 5/16 x Diam 3 11/16 in 15 9 x 10 9 x 9 3 cm accession number 57 708 8826 Found at Entrains near Dijon 1921 Joseph Brummer New York Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription On neck A V S D /MER; Translation On neck dedication to Mercury Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 place of origin Black Sea Region Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
