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LOT 0853

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

BYZANTINE BRONZE INSCRIBED VESSEL RIM
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (257 grams, 15 cm wide).

Sub-circular in form, displaying an inscription in raised Greek lettering to the upper and side faces; pierced for attachment; the main inscription on the border should be read 'Μ ΔΗΜ ΞΕΙΖΟΓ ΒΛΙΑ TΟΥ ΛΙΟΥΚΟΥ ΑΔΡΑΤΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΥΠΑΤΙΚΟΥ' = M(ichail) Dem(etrios) Exizoglos to the consularis Ioulios Quadratos.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. a small bronze tripod stand in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, inv. 8404.

FOOTNOTES:
The vessel was probably part of a gift given by a certain Michail Demetrios to an officer of (ΥΠΑΤΙΚΟΥ) i.e. Consularis Rank. The shape recalls that of small tripods stands.

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