Two fragments from a L6-mid7thC Anglo-Saxon gold+garnet buckle/belt-suite from Gloucestershire, cf Sutton Hoo buckle:pic.twitter.com/wzklvMbzYU
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E7thC Sutton Hoo gold+garnet sword-harness pyramids, w/ blue chequered millefiori on the top: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=87368&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/xOJ7BrRaSZ
@caitlinrgreen They were parts of swords?
@Umarkarim89 from the sword-harness :)
@caitlinrgreen or belt?
@Umarkarim89 a reconstruction of how it all fitted together: http://www.danegeld.co.uk/USERIMAGES/sutt%20sword.jpg …pic.twitter.com/47FW9OIwG9
@caitlinrgreen ahh wonderful. We are pretty much away from the sword days now :)
@Umarkarim89 indeed---I always recall that scene in Indiana Jones as illustration of why!
@caitlinrgreen haha ahaan you are fan of Indiana Jones as well :) We did not discuss game of thrones this time :D
@caitlinrgreen They are all exceedingly beautiful.
@caitlinrgreen @AlfredTheOK That'll be English then & therefore it's unlikely there's anything like it in Saxony, South Jutland or Frisia.
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