An intriguing 7thC Anglo-Saxon pendant made out of earlier (5-6thC) gold+garnet cloisonné cicada, found Horncastle >pic.twitter.com/WeZX98HCTf
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6thC fish brooch from Bülach, Switzerland: http://www.expoarcheo.ch/impressum_e.html … 5thC Gepid eagles: http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saddle_fittings_of_a_Gepid_prince_-_Apahida.jpg … Visigothic eagles as before
See also these 6thC Frankish eagles and fish from the Met + the V&A: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.191.164-5 … & http://m.vam.ac.uk/collections/item/O117303/brooch-unknown/ …pic.twitter.com/1cmhUpWd7D
Dr.@caitlinrgreen, did eagles and fish have symbolic values in german tribal cultures (Anglo-Saxon/Gepid/Gothic/Frankish cultures)?
@Ahmed_Alhasania Eagles definitely did, and in Hunnic too :) Fish less clear, I think... Not necessarily Christian either.
are these ornaments from pagan cultures or not, @caitlinrgreen ?
@Ahmed_Alhasania The Gothic ones are from at least nominally Christian societies, as are the 6thC Frankish ones :)
did Huns use fish as a Symbol or in ornaments @caitlinrgreen?
Close up view of the scale garnet cloisonné from the Bülach fish brooch: http://www.expoarcheo.ch/impressum_e.html …pic.twitter.com/Ecb5wBu7p7
Another ex of this rare cell type from prev mentioned grave w/ modified skull, Thuringia, see https://www.academia.edu/243380/Hunnic_modified_skulls_physical_appearance_identity_and_the_transformative_nature_of_migrations …pic.twitter.com/CXbQ5VzMzQ
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