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Bucket with a Hunting Scene

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Richly animated animals are part of a hunt, a favorite activity of the elite in the Byzantine world. The inscription in Greek, "Use this in good health, master, for many good years happily," identifies the bucket as being for domestic use, possibly for the elaborate rituals of the bath.

Bucket with a Hunting Scene, Brass, hammered, lathe-turned, chased, and ring-punched; handle cast separately and hammered into shape

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