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Now you can dig for the #MildenhallTreasure as part of a new Suffolk County Council funded Mixed Reality Exhibition taking place across three #WestSuffolk towns.

It's on now at The Apex in #BuryStEdmunds.

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Cllr Cliff Waterman, leader of West Suffolk Council digs for the Mildenhall Treasure in a mixed reality exhibition at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds. Image by Suffolk County Council
October 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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The most famous object in the Mildenhall treasure is the large highly decorated circular platter usually known as the Great Dish, or as the Neptune or Oceanus Dish. It dates back to the 4th century AD, during the Late Roman period. #BritishMuseum #MildenhallTreasure #Roman #Silverware #Bacchic
Bacchic imagery had a long history in Greek and Roman art, and this example, on a magnificent silver vessel measuring 60.5 cm in diameter and weighing 8,256 g, is one of the finest to survive from the late-Roman period. The decoration worked in low relief and engraved line on the front surface of the silver, alludes to the worship and mythology of Bacchus on land and in the sea. The staring face in the centre represents Oceanus, his beard formed of seaweed fronds and dolphins in his hair. The inner circle, bordered by scallop shells, consists of sea-nymphs riding mythological marine creatures, a sea-horse, a triton, a sea-stag and a ketos, a dragon-like sea-monster. The wide outer frieze features Bacchus himself, holding a bunch of grapes and a thyrsus (a staff tipped with a pine-cone) and resting a foot on his panther, presiding over a celebration of music, dancing and drinking in his honour. The participants include the hero Hercules, overcome by wine, the goat-legged god Pan, and sundry satyrs and Maenads (female devotees).
May 31, 2025 at 7:02 AM