[from the Mus^ov royal grave:]
> More ID info: two spoons have the inscription 'P C' (uploaded), one
> bowl has two inscriptions: 'XX' and 'CRESCIV/TIS' (handwriting, not
> uploaded), and a bowl has four heads with Suebian knots (uploaded).
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_abbreviations
'P.C. -- Pactum conventum, Patres conscripti, Pecunia constituta, Ponendum curavit, Post consulatum, Potestate censoria.'
On 'pactum conventum':
http://tinyurl.com/l473xc
So that one gets the impression that the silverware was the 'do' part, whatever the 'facias' part was (ie. it's an advance payment of some deed to be performed for some party who spoke Latin)?
'Patres conscripti' is the Roman senators, but I don't think they were *that* corrupt, and the rest make even less sense in the context.
Torsten