Kenneth Painter

Kenneth Scott Painter (28 March 1935 – 14 May 2016) was a deputy keeper of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum and an authority on Roman and late antique silver. He was also a vice-president of the British Archaeological Association in 1997 and a trustee of Oxford Archaeology. He received a DLitt from Oxford University in 2004.

Selected publications The Mildenhall Treasure: Roman Silver from East Anglia. British Museum Publications, London, 1977. The Water Newton early Christian silver. British Museum Publications, London, 1977.

The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii: Volume IV: The Silver Treasure. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. Late Roman Silver. The Traprain Treasure in Context. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2013.