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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Also 5thC cloisonné Ostrogothic cicadas from Novae, Moesia, but no pics atm, so a garnet decorated one from Crimea :)pic.twitter.com/uUrScHvL74
Gothic cicadas: http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fibula_a_forma_di_cicala,_arte_ostrogota_da_domagnano_(s._marino),_500_ca.JPG … & …https://archeologiasanmarino.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/tesoro-di-domagnano-mostra-1995.jpg … & http://www.mpov.uw.edu.pl/en/thesaurus/tribes-and-peoples/ostrogoths- …
Another Ostrogothic cicada in garnet cloisonné, 6thC, between two bird heads; also, another view of Domagnano cicada:pic.twitter.com/HIci6YUzd0
The 6thC Ostrogothic bird+cicada brooch: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=96480&partId=1 … Photo of the Domagnano finds: http://www.mpov.uw.edu.pl/en/thesaurus/tribes-and-peoples/ostrogoths- …
@caitlinrgreen Wow! There's a lot there. I guess the person who found them was very happy.
@caitlinrgreen How do you know it's a cicadas, rather than another insect?
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