Mildenhall, Suffolk
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- This article is about the village of Mildenhall, Suffolk. There is also an article on the village of Mildenhall, Wiltshire.
Mildenhall, is a small town in Suffolk, England, UK with a large RAF base; RAF Mildenhall, located immediately outside the village, is used by the United States Air Force.
Mildenhall is perhaps most famous for the discovery in 1942 of the Mildenhall Treasure. Now at the British Museum, the treasure is a hoard of Roman silver objects buried in the 4th century. The treasure includes some of the finest surviving examples of Roman silversmithing, including the mid-4th century Great Dish of the Mildenhall Treasure which measures 605 mm in diameter and weighs 8256 g. The dish glorifies Bacchus and is decorated with a wide band showing the effects of wine on various gods and heroes. An inner band of nereids surrounds a foliated head of Acoetes. The dish was discovered with over thirty other similarly decorated banquetting items: silver platters featuring Pan and maenads, a covered bowl with a frieze of centaurs and wild animals, as well as numerous bowls, ladles and spoons. The treasure is thought to be of Continental or North African origin.
In 1946 the discovery was made public and the treasure acquired by the British Museum; Roald Dahl wrote an article about the find which was published firstly in the Saturday Evening Post, and later as "The Mildenhall Treasure" in his short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.
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