Two recently discovered colour photos of 1939 excavation of the 7thC Sutton Hoo ship burial: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8292937/Unseen-photographs-of-1939-excavation-of-Sutton-Hoo-discovered.html …pic.twitter.com/5K69OJlTZl
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And just because I love hanging bowls, the Sutton Hoo bowl w/ rotating fish + escutcheon :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=92591&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/HQWiho6Ggc
@caitlinrgreen What was the use of a rotating fish? was it a game?
@morangles A good question....!
Zooming out on the spectacular gold+niello Anglo-Saxon buckle from Sutton Hoo, via http://medieval-illumination.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/anglo-saxon-treasure.html …pic.twitter.com/elWDZBnm9Y
Closeup of a lovely detail from the leg of the raven on the E7thC Sutton Hoo shield: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=722950001&objectid=86436 …pic.twitter.com/whKV5eBQpo
Detail from the 7thC Sutton Hoo purse lid, showing a moustached man between two wolves: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=950605001&objectid=87215 …pic.twitter.com/sR7y6zVafk
A gold mount from the Sutton Hoo purse in the form of a bird of prey attacking a duck: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=722938001&objectid=87215 …pic.twitter.com/ctTxJbj3B7
L6th/E7thC Sutton Hoo shoulder clasp, w/ 2 intertwined boars w/ blue shoulders+curly tails: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=86877&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/lDQ2apXpJX
Very good discussion of Sutton Hoo clasps here: https://www.academia.edu/2614655/Rethinking_the_Sutton_Hoo_Shoulder_Clasps_and_Armour … Pic=snake from clasp: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=1601354001&objectid=86877 …pic.twitter.com/948PwAajyG
@caitlinrgreen Too much to take in on one reading, what a great title to the publication though. Perfect.
@JohnNewsham1 Agreed on both counts---a great book title and a fascinating, wide-ranging article! :)
The gold+garnet purse lid from the mid-late 5thC princely Gepid burial at Apahida, Romania: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tesoro_di_principe_gepidico_di_apahida_(1969),_coperta_di_scatola,_450-500_ca..JPG …pic.twitter.com/Uh4iL5iyzs
Stunning gold & garnet buckles from the 5thC princely Gepid burial at Apahida, Romania: https://plus.google.com/photos/117513149298556238652/albums/6063298198618949505 …pic.twitter.com/XOpPwdsJmD
Harness ornaments from this 5thC burial, poss that of Ardaric, king of Gepids+ally of Attila https://plus.google.com/photos/117513149298556238652/albums/6063298198618949505 …pic.twitter.com/41moZgYsv6
A 5thC Gepid gold+garnet buckle from Apahida, Romania http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=120282343 …pic.twitter.com/ab7sVZKkSn
@caitlinrgreen when did gepid identity disappear?
@MarkBrierley1 @caitlinrgreen Some say the ones installed in Italy blended with the Langobards
@morangles @MarkBrierley1 Yes, Paul the Deacon mentions that and poss that still there in 8thC; others amongst Avars in 7thC?
@caitlinrgreen @morangles not a group that Bede said were part of the invasion of England though if I recall - tho the Rugi were
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