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Dining in Ancient Rome: From Kitchen to Banquet Hall
Bronze serving fork
Gallery 169 · ca. 2nd–3rd century CE · Met web page
A two-pronged bronze fork with an ox hoof finial, used for serving food at Roman banquets—evidence that forks existed long before the Middle Ages.
Entrance → Gallery 169
To Bronze serving fork
From the Great Hall, walk through galleries 150 and 153 to reach gallery 160, then continue to gallery 162 and finally gallery 169 in the Greek and Roman Art section.