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This Anglo-Saxon pendant dates from about 600AD. It was found by a metal detectorist in a field in Attleborough, Norfolk.
The pendant shows a man with a beard, wearing a hat or helmet with two horns which join at the top.
Men with horned headgear have nothing to do with the Vikings! Most depictions of horned helmets are in fact early Anglo-Saxon in date. Similar pendants to this one have been found elsewhere in Norfolk and in Hampshire and have horns that end in small bird heads. These may represent the Germanic god Woden, or Odin with his two ravens.
This pendant might have a cult or religious importance and could have been worn by a priest. The pendant is just over 4cm high and 2.5cm wide.
The pendant shows a man with a beard, wearing a hat or helmet with two horns which join at the top.
Men with horned headgear have nothing to do with the Vikings! Most depictions of horned helmets are in fact early Anglo-Saxon in date. Similar pendants to this one have been found elsewhere in Norfolk and in Hampshire and have horns that end in small bird heads. These may represent the Germanic god Woden, or Odin with his two ravens.
This pendant might have a cult or religious importance and could have been worn by a priest. The pendant is just over 4cm high and 2.5cm wide.
An exceptionally rich Anglo-Saxon cemetery was found by our archaeologists at the site of Southampton, Hampshire Football Club’s new Friends Provident St Mary’s Stadium, from the 8th century into the 7th,an economic “dark age” in England with a collapse in long-term trade.
A site in Wessex Archaeology carried out excavations at the site of the stadium and found graves furnished with weapons, gold and fine jewellery.
A site in Wessex Archaeology carried out excavations at the site of the stadium and found graves furnished with weapons, gold and fine jewellery.
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The Fuller Brooch Anglo-Saxon, late 9th century AD The earliest known personification of the Five Senses This splendid circular brooch is made from hammered sheet silver.
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Anglo-Saxon Pendant 9th Century
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