Museum acquisitions 2005: a selection.

From: Apollo | Date: December 1, 2005 | Copyright information

British Museum, London; Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent; Tullie House Museum and Gallery, Carlisle

The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, Roman, mid-2nd century AD.

Bronze, diam 9.4 cm. Purchased with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Although it lacks its handle, this enamelled trulla (a ladle used for drinking) is extremely well preserved. Its inscription names four forts on Hadrian's Wall. Found in Staffordshire by a metal detect...

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