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Bronze Scales
AN00031832_001_l. Bronze scales with pivoted suspension loop & 2 concave pans. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…
Bronze tweezers
AN00725492_001_l. Kempston 5th-6th century Bronze tweezers with zones of incised lines below loop; ends turned inwards. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British…
Casket Side Panel
AN00448801_001_l. Silver engraved rectangular side-panel from house-shaped casket shrine. The engraved ornament consists of three roundels with plain borders, each with an equal-armed cross with a central piercing. The crosses have a billeted…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Religion, Silverwork
Censer Cover
AN00034893_001_l. Cast, copper alloy openwork censer-cover. It is of architectural form, resembling a church tower with a plinth at the base decorated on all four sides with punched ornament. At each corner is a perforated lug, through which a narrow…
Tags: Archaeology, Art, Art history, British Museum, Religion
Chalice
AN00773120_001_l. Silver chalice (reconstructed), formed of separate foot, stem and cup, originally riveted together; the bowl is gilded internally. Just below the gilded rim are a number of rivet holes perhaps indicating the former presence of an…
Claw Beaker
AN00032275_001_l. Glass, sherds from green claw beaker no.15, left after reconstruction. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…
Cooking Pot
AN00345068_001_l. Pottery cooking pot; restored. Straight-sided; hand-made. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…
Copper alloy Boar
AN00757266_001_l. Copper alloy figure of a boar, cast with punched eye markings, ridge along its back; possibly from a helmet. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Weapons
Cross-shaft
AN00247059_001_l. Fragment of tapered limestone cross-shaft of rectangular section, carved in low relief on all sides. There is damage on all surfaces. Two apparently secondary features are, on the face (c), an upward-angled, drilled hole above the…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Cross, Religion, Stonework
Cruciform Brooch
AN00468266_001_l. Copper alloy florid cruciform brooch; square head with three knobs (top one with human mask) and punched decoration; bird head lappets; animal head terminal; remains of iron pin. All these images are © Trustees of the British…