The Neupotz Find

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The people of the "Kieswerk Gebr. Kuhn" company, Neupotz with the find of July 30, 1980. The brothers L. and W. Kuhn, holders of the company, were very interested in local history. Only by their and their workers motivations it was possible to save the pieces during the industrial gravel mining from 1980 to 1983.


The find of July 30, 1980. Click image to view full-size version


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The coins and the "Probus Coin" (above). Click image to view full-size version


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Silver dishes and silver tool. The table dishes made up only 11.5% of the find but 121 pieces. Most of the Neupotz find was made of bronze and tinned to make it look like more expensive silver dishes. A few were silvered and looked much like massive silver. Part of the silvered pieces were shaped like the bronze pieces, another part in a shape of its own only typical in silver pieces. The bronze pieces show lot of repairs.


The back of the "Minerva-Mirror", the front was a mirror. Click image to view full-size version


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Small silver bowls, very much like some finds of Pompeji and Herculaneum (above). Details on a silverplate reveal impressive craftsmanship (below).


The "Minerva-Jug". Click image to view full-size version


Detail of the Minerva Jug. Minerva with her owl. Click image to view full-size version


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Scoops, sieves, and casseroles. 16 scoops presumably constituted working units with 16 sieves. The parts had already been in use for a long time, some are repaired, either soldered or riveted. Similar parts were even found in Pompeji. They belong to a not exactly known Roman table or kitchen tradition.


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Half-lid bowls. In the inside, not visible here, a sieve is installed before the sink. Three do not have a lid anymore, 4 are repaired and 5 are all right.


Half-lid bowl. Click image to view full-size version


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Lionhead. It probably was a gargoyle, but a small one of only 47 x 43 mm. Its head is somewhat polished/rubbed off like it was much touched by passerbies or by children.

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