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Bracelets from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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Bridle-bit from the Polden Hill hoard
This bridle-bit is one of a matching pair used to harness tw…
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Bronze armour fittings
These fittings were originally attached to segmented iron bo…
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Bronze boars from the Hounslow Hoard
These small models of boars show the importance that some wi…
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Bronze bowl
This fine bronze dish was found with other Roman material in…
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Bronze cauldron
Most Iron Age cauldrons were large - about the same size as …
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Bronze figurine of Aesculapius
The figure is Aesculapius, son of Apollo and Coronis, and th…
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Bronze handle in the shape of a bird
This bronze bird head was once part of a shallow metal bowl …
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Bronze helmet
This helmet was found during the digging of the Grand Juncti…
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Bronze knife-handle in the form of a charioteer
The charioteer wears a short tunic, a helmet and protective …
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Bronze military diploma
This official certificate is inscribed on two joining bronze…
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Bronze model of a human head
This face is 2000 years old. He is a mature man with hair co…
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Bronze oil flask
This finely cast oil flask was part of a set of bath impleme…
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Bronze pan
Shallow pans of this kind with handles are usually known by …
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Bronze pan made by Boduogenus
This beautiful bronze vessel was made by a Celtic craftsman …
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Bronze shield boss
This boss is from the centre of an auxiliary shield. It is l…
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Bronze spoons
Without written evidence it is difficult to discover what th…
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Bronze statuette of a ploughman with a team of oxen
Despite appearances, this statuette is probably not intended…
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Bronze statuette of Mars
This accomplished casting, enlivened with silver inlay, is t…
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Bronze statuette of Mars
This is a standard representation of the warrior god Mars, i…
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Bronze steelyard (statera) with lead weights
Steelyards were in common use in the Roman world, especially…
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Bronze steelyard weight
This weight, for a statera , or steelyard, is in the form of…
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Building-stone
The inscription LEG II AVG is marked both on and below a mil…
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Carved bone hairpin
This long pin was designed to decorate a hairstyle like the …
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Cavalry combat helmet
The helmet would have protected the wearer's head with an in…
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Cavalry helmet
This thin bronze helmet has embossed and lightly engraved de…
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Cavalry sports helmet
In 1796 a clogmaker's son, playing behind his father's house…
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Ceremonial bronze dirk
A man walking in woods near Oxborough literally stumbled acr…
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Chertsey Shield
This is the only Iron Age shield made completely from bronze…
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Child's shoe
This small shoe, from a waterlogged deposit in London, proba…
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Cosmetic grinder
This small bronze implement is one part of a two-piece set w…
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Cup from the Water Newton treasure
This cup is part of a hoard of silver vessels and plaques wh…
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Decorated bronze mirror
This decorated bronze mirror is one of the finest examples o…
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Decorated bronze mirror
The back of bronze mirrors were ideal for demonstrating both…
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Decorated bronze mirror
In 1833 a new road was being made across the Trelan estate i…
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Dedicatory plaque
The inscription has been punched onto a bronze plaque. It is…
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Electrum torc from Snettisham (Hoard G)
This torc is part of hoard G found at Snettisham, which was …
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Hoxne hoard pepper pot
Alongside the approximately 15,000 coins were many other pre…
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Enamelled bronze pan
This pan ( trulla ) is made of copper alloy, with Celtic-sty…
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Engraved gem from the Thetford treasure
This engraved gem formed part of a remarkable hoard of late-…
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Finds from a Late Iron Age cremation burial
This 'bucket', jug and pan were placed in the grave of a Bri…
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Flanged silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure
Bowls of this shape were popular in late-Roman table service…
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Flint scraper
This scraper is made from a flake of flint. A series of smal…
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Fluted silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure
Large bowls of this type were evidently intended to hold wat…
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Fragment from a gold decorated torc
This face is staring from the end of a gold torc. Unlike the…
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Fragment of a tubular torc from Snettisham
This is the squashed end of a torc made from a tube of gold.…
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Fragments of painted plaster
These fragments appear to have been part of an inscribed fri…
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Gilded copper statuette of Hercules
This large gilded statuette of Hercules, wearing a lion-skin…
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Gilded silver spoons from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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Gilded spoons from the Thetford treasure
These gilded spoons formed part of a remarkable hoard of lat…
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Gladiator figurine of bone or ivory
This figurine depicts a gladiator of the heavily-armed murmi…
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Glass beaker
This beaker is a fine example of a high-quality vessel made …
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Glass beaker with chariot-racing scene
Glass vessels with scenes from the circus or the arena may h…
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Glass bowl and flagon
The tall flagon in amber-coloured glass and the blue-and-whi…
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Glass 'Felix' bottle
Glass bottles were mass-produced containers. The common squa…
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Glass jug
This jug is a good example of the graceful form that is typi…
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Gold body-chain from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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Gold brooches from the Winchester hoard
The Winchester hoard comprises two sets of gold jewellery. E…
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Gold buckle from the Thetford treasure
This gold belt buckle is part of a remarkable hoard of late-…
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Gold fibula (brooch)
This unusual gold brooch was found by someone using a metal …
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Gold jewellery from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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Gold ring
This ring has an inscription in Greek reading 'POLEMIOU PHIL…
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Gold rings from the Thetford treasure
These twenty-two finger-rings form part of a remarkable hoar…
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Gold torc
This torc is broken. When it was made it would have looked l…
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Gold torc from the Snettisham hoard L
This torc had been made some years before it was buried at S…
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Gold torcs from the Ipswich Hoard
Five of these gold torcs were found during construction work…
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Gold torcs from the Winchester hoard
These torcs were found with other gold jewellery in a field …
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Gridiron
Cooking in Roman Britain was often done over charcoal fires …
