Silver Scourge

Silver Scourge

Archaeology

AN00274047_001_l. Silver scourge: one strand of trichinopoly chainwork is doubled and the two strands so formed are held together by plaited loops of wire at five unequally spaced places. The chain terminates in a large loop, or knot, from which issue four slender pendant tails each terminating in a plaited knot. The whole is of silver. A bead, or toggle, made of blue glass with white veining, is attached to the end of the scourge by doubling it through the loop formed at the end. 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 (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies.

British Museum

9th century