Household Utensils
Utensilla (Latin utensilia) - ancient Roman peace and kitchen utensils. Utensulla includes household items such as: - Flask - Glasses/mugs - Plates - Amphora - Fork - Spoon - Knives - Situla - Boiler - Patera - Frixorium - Lamp
Silver tableware. Set in the MMOA. Mid-1st century BC
Silver tableware. Naples Museum. 1st century AD
Ceramics from Britain. 3rd century ADCategory of Objects
Utensilia is not one object, but a broad group of useful things without which a house, shop, baggage train or camp kitchen cannot be imagined. The category includes storage vessels, cookware, table utensils, lamps and small tools. Such objects often reveal daily life better than parade weaponry.
For Domestic Reenactment
For living history, utensils create a convincing environment: what people ate with, cut with, stored water in, lit rooms with and carried food in. Even a simple calix or catinum helps explain status, material technology and ancient habits.
Related topics
Ancient military campaigns,Men's clothing in Ancient Rome,Calix
Literature
1. H. Cool. Eating and Drinking in Roman Britain. 2. A. Croom. Roman Furniture and Household Objects. 3. J. P. Oleson. The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World.
Antique silverware from the house of Meneander,Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 1st century AD
Antique silverware from the house of Meneander,Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 1st century AD
Antique silverware from the house of Meneander,Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 1st century AD
Antique silverware from the house of Meneander,Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 1st century AD
Antique silverware from the house of Meneander,Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 1st century AD
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