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in Malibu, California, as part of collaborative multi-year conservation project between the Getty and the
Cabinet des MĂ©dailles. Study of the objects revealed previously obscured fine details on the works, and increased understanding of the interaction between Roman and Gallic cultures in what is now
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The treasure consists of silver and other metalwork, of varying type, quality and dates in the 1st to late 2nd centuries of the Common Era. The hoard was hidden in the late 2nd or early 3rd century, but contained heirloom pieces like the repoussé silver jug that was made in Italy in the 1st century
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Avisseau-Broustet, Mathiled; Colonna, CĂ©cil; Lapatin, Kenneth; et al. (Produced by
Elizabeth Chapin Kahn, additional editing by Diane Berland,, imaging by Tahnee Cracchiola, design by Kurt Hauser, typesetting by Diane Franco) (18 November 2014).
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CE. The find totalled 93 items, some of which were dissociated handles and silver appliqués, with a total weight of 25 kg. Most of the items are bowls, cups and jugs, but there is also a
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Excavations near the find-spot in 1861-1862 and 1986 revealed a Gallo-Roman theatre and a shrine that may have been the shrine to which the silver objects had been dedicated.
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Le trésor d'argenterie de
Bertouville près de Bernay (Eure) conservé au Département de médailles et antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale
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Reporting M. Join-Lambert's excavations of two temples, a theatre and wells near the site in 1896 with date and location of excavation
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There are also two silver statuettes of
Mercury (the larger 60 cm tall) and a silver bust of a goddess, probably his mother
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was discovered in early 1830 when farmer
Prosper Taurin struck a Roman tile while ploughing his field near the village of
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is one of only three known collections of valuable objects definitely associated with a local religious cult in Gaul or
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Four of the bowls have incised emblematic designs associated with
Mercury, and the formulaic Latin initialism
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from
November 2014 to August 2015, then went on tour in the US and Europe before being returned to Paris.
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Meier, Allison C. (13 November 2018). Howell, Jeremy; Mauney, Anna Claire; Carouthers, Peggy (eds.).
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was discovered at Bernay in 1864 occasioned some correspondence with M. Cornu of Bernay in 1864-65 (
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of Roman silver uncovered by ploughing in March 1830 at the hamlet of
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of Gallic deities. The pairing of a Roman god with a Gallic goddess would be characteristic of
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The
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Mémoire sur la collection de vases antiques trouvée en 1830 à Berthouville (arr. de Bernay)
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Archives relative to the acquisition of the
Berthouville Treasure, B.N. 8 AMC 35 (1830)
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of one Q. Domitius Tutus; they include a matching pair of silver drinking cups (
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Silver and Society in Late Antiquity: Functions and Meanings of Silver Plate
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Silver and Society in Late Antiquity: Functions and Meanings of Silver Plate
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Temple Treasures: A Study Based on the Works of Cicero and the Fasti of Ovid
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Silver and Society in Late Antiquity: Functions and Meanings of Silver Plate
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Silver jug made in Italy, with votive inscription from Q. Domitius Tutus to
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Lehman-Hartleben, Karl (1 January 1938). Swindler, Mary Hamilton (ed.).
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that was part of Tutus' gift to the shrine of Mercury Canetonensis
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van der Grift, Jon (1 January 1984). Ridgway, Brunilde S. (ed.).
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On Roman temple treasures in general, see A. Henwood Griffiths,
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1042:, United States of America: Getty Publications. pp. 7–68.
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Maish, Susan Lansing; Sánchez, Eduardo P. (18 October 2011).
477:, United States of America: Journalistic, Inc. Archived from
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Bouillett, Auguste (1 January 1897). Klincksieck, C. (ed.).
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Monuments et mémoires de la Fondation Eugène Piot (MonPiot)
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Mémoires de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France
917:"Welcoming the Berthouville Treasure to the Getty Villa"
370:"Un manuscrit inconnu du Liber Miraulorum Sancte Fidis"
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had identified Mercury as one of the main deities of
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890:Noted in Leader-Newby 2004:114 note 64.A bust of
218:on a silver jug, also from Tutus' votive offering
1125:Collection of the Cabinet des MĂ©dailles, Paris
335:The 21 March, by Prosper Taurin, according to
664:Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
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527:Leader-Newby 2004:72. The other two are the
316:The restored treasure was exhibited at the
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184:form Mercury is frequently found with a
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640:Waldstein, Charles (1 November 1882).
440:Greek and Roman Gold and Silver Plate
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896:Archives, B.N., 12 AMC 12, 12 AMC 14
434:, Paris 1916; Ruth E. Leader-Newby,
662:, United Kingdom of Great Britain:
959:Picard, Charles (1 January 1950).
297:, and a pair of silver wine-jugs.
53:Combined 25 kilograms (55 lb)
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412:Bibliothèque Nationale de France
806:American Journal of Archaeology
651:The Journal of Hellenic Studies
555:American Journal of Archaeology
33:Silver figure of the Roman god
529:Notre-Dame d'Allençon Treasure
515:Commentaries on the Gallic War
339:, who had been born nearby at
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438:(Ashgate) 2004; D.E. Strong,
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379:. Sixth series (in French).
777:Similar to silver found at
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668:Cambridge University Press
268:votum solvit libens merito
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1110:Treasure troves in France
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550:"Two Roman silver jugs"
250:, perhaps representing
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135:Bibliothèque nationale
783:House of the Menander
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131:Cabinet des MĂ©dailles
106:Berthouville treasure
22:Berthouville Treasure
16:Hoard of Roman silver
1086:49.17333°N 0.62139°E
922:J. Paul Getty Museum
901:May 3, 2008, at the
743:Ashgate; 2004; p. 73
503:(Philadelphia 1943).
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310:J. Paul Getty Museum
256:Gallo-Roman religion
170:Mercury Canetonensis
153:(mid-1st century CE)
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927:Malibu, California
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182:Gallo-Roman
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