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 Metal Dishes and Utensils. 3 2 7 cups. This name is to some extent a misnomer. We shall employ it for the sake of simplicity, but most of the objects in question are rather what we should call dishes or platters than cups. They belong to the same class as the Greek <j)t,ar) and the Roman patera. Their vertical section is shown at the KBWWM^fflili'i'ilM IW^WMHiW^/lllW/W.'-'. ■■■■■■■ — Fig. 208. — Bronze platter. From Layard. bottom of our Fig. 208. The slight ridge underneath, caused by the gentle elevation of the flat bottom, enabled the dish to be more firmly grasped than would otherwise have been possible. Such things must have been comparatively rare and costly.