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Buried Treasures - Spectacular Hoards of Late Roman Silver

Eleven 7th century leaping animal silver spoons from the Lambousa Treasure, British Museum

A close up of the bowl of the 7th century spoon with a Ram (Lambousa Treasure, British Museum)

Four tyches, two furniture ornaments, the Projecta casket, the muse casket and fluted plate, all part of the 4

th century

Esquiline Treasure, British Museum

The Muse casket, 4

th century, silver, part of the Esquiline Treasure, British Museum

Four Tyches (4 personifications of late Antique cities Rome, Constantinople, Antioch & Alexandria), 4th

century, gilded silver

& two Furniture ornaments, 4th

century, gilded silver, all objects from the Esquiline Treasure, British Museum

The Projecta casket (4th century silver with gilding, part of the Esquiline Treasure, British Museum) held by Professor Liz James

The Mildenhall Great Dish, 4th

century, (diameter 60.5cm, weight 8.3kg), part of the Mildenhall Treasure, British

Museum

Photographs taken at the British Museum by Simon Lane and Helen Rufus-Ward