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The Lampsacus spoons, Early Byzantine, 6th. Six spoons from a set of twelve, the pear-shaped bowls attached by a disc to a tapering handle."O handsome youth, do not believe too much in beauty" reads the Latin inscription on one of these spoons. A rejoinder on the back of the handle, this time in Greek, adds "You cannot be beautiful without money:. The Greek texts are from an anthology of epigrams known as the "Sayings of the Seven Sages". The spoons were part of a large silver treasure found at Lapeski (ancient Lampascus) in Turkey. M AND ME, 1848,6-1, 11-12

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART209473

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4000px × 3066px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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Byzantine (c.395-1453)