Table Wares
The examples illustrated here demonstrate just some of the variety of objects - from highly decorated and rich, to extremely plain and poor - that could have been used at the dinner table in the ancient world.

KM 2644
Bird-shaped Jug
Mid 4th-early 3rd century BC
Teano, Italy

KM 1872 Bronze Wine Ladle Roman Fayoum, Egypt

KM 1496 Bronze Wine Ladle with Duck Handle Roman Pozzuoli, Italy

KM 1497 Bronze Spoon Roman Pozzuoli, Italy

KM 71.1.20
Water Filter
10th-12th century AD
Egypt

KM 7167 African Red Slip Ware vessel with stamped decoration of a lamb 3rd-4th century AD Karanis, Egypt

KM 20978 African Red Slip Ware fragment with stamped decoration of a lamb 3rd-4th century AD Karanis, Egypt

KM 89802 Cooking Pot ca. 100-200 AD Sepphoris, Israel

KM 89807 Bowl ca. 100-200 AD Sepphoris, Israel