4th Century CE Eight spoons were found in the Mildenhall treasure; six are displayed here. They represent examples from at least three, perhaps four, sets. It can be assumed that the owners who possessed such outstanding pieces of silver plate as the Great Dish would have had a large number of spoons, but most of these, seemingly, were not hidden in this particular cache. Three spoons have foliate decorations whch matches that on the large fluted bowl. Another three bear the only overt Christin symbols in the hoard, the chi-rho monogram flanked by the Greek letters Alpha and omega. The remaining two spoons have personal names, Papittedo and Pascentia (shown), with the word vivas (may you live) a good luck formula frequently used in late roman times, often by Christians. (P&E P. 1946.10-7.27 29-30, 30-34)
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