Quantities of silver used to make certain vessels in late Rome, Byzantium and the Sasanian Empire

Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Hobbs, Richard
Date published
2025
Abstract

The paper discusses the weights and dimensions of two specific types of late Roman and Byzantine silver plate - hemispherical dishes and bowls, and plates and platters - and how these compare to similar vessels produced in the Sasanian Empire.

Book title
Light and Splendour. Edelmetall als Medium ritueller und sozialer Interaktion in der Spà¤tantike
Editor
Guggisberg, Martin
Kaufmann-Heinimann, Annemarie
Pagination
157-77
Publisher
Librum
Place of publication
Basel and Frankfurt am Main
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