Talk:Hoby treasure

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Did you know... that the Hoby treasure found in Denmark contains two Roman silver cups with scenes from the Iliad?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:15, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Copies of the Hoby silver cups

... that the Hoby treasure found in Denmark contains two Roman silver cups (copies pictured) with scenes from the Iliad? Source: "The drinking set from the Hoby grave is best known for the two unique silver cups. They are examples of Greek-inspired Roman silversmith's art from the beginning of our era. Each cup weighs around a kilo and on the outside one sees pictures from Homer's Iliad." (National Museum of Denmark)
- ALT1:... that two drinking cups (copies pictured) from the Hoby treasure, discovered in Denmark in 1920, might have belonged to the Roman commandant Gaius Silius? Source: "The name 'Silius' has also been engraved. This may be the name of the Roman who owned the cups before they ended up in the Hoby grave. From written sources we know that a Roman commandant of the Rhine army named Silius was posted to Mainz in the years 14-21 AD. Perhaps it was he who gave the valuable drinking set to the man in Hoby?" (National Museum of Denmark)

Reviewed: Bowerstown, New Jersey

Created by Ffranc (talk). Self-nominated at 13:24, 23 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Ffranc, review follows: article created 23 April; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; no overly close paraphrasing noticed (the list of grave goods is copied verbatim but probably unavoidable); hooks are interesting, mentioned in the article and backed up by the source cited (I added a couple of additional references to the article as the dyk requirements are for a citation at the end of the sentence that supports the hook); image is appropriate and freely licensed; a QPQ has been carried out. Congratulations on a well formed and interesting new article - Dumelow (talk) 17:41, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]