It features a detailed image of Minerva, who sits on a rock throne and holds a cane in her right hand and a shield in her left hand. One of the finest items is the so-called Minerva Bowl (or Athena Bowl). The trove contains plates, tureens, cups, goblets, trays, scoops, egg-holders, saltcellars, a small folding three-legged table, a candelabrum and a three-legged pedestal. Most scholars now accept that the entire Hildesheim Treasure was produced in frontier workshops of the northwestern Roman provinces. The hoard was buried about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) below the ground on Galgenberg Hill and was found by Prussian soldiers when preparing part of the area for a shooting range. However, others also suggest that the treasure may have been war spoils rather than table service. It is generally believed that the treasure was the table service of a Roman commander, perhaps Publius Quinctilius Varus, who was militarily active in Germania. The trove consists of about seventy exquisitely crafted solid silver vessels for eating and drinking and is now kept in the Antikensammlung Berlin ( Altes Museum). Most of it can be dated to the 1st century AD. The Hildesheim Treasure, unearthed on Octoin Hildesheim, Germany, is the largest collection of Roman silver found outside imperial frontiers.
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