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Copper frieze from temple

This frieze was discovered at the small site of Tell al-'Uba…
Copper statue of Lamma

The excavator Leonard Woolley found this statue in a hollow …
Decorative roundel with a bearded face

This decorative roundel, with a frontal bearded face, may ha…
Leaded bronze belt buckle

The horseman on this belt buckle has his hair arranged in a …
Lion's head

This lion's head was discovered in 1919 at the small site of…
Statue of Idrimi

This extraordinary statue represents Idrimi, a king of Alala…
Bronze shrine figure

Similar figures to this can be seen mounted on the twelfth-c…
Brooch in the Urnes style

This copper-alloy brooch is in the form of a ribbon-bodied a…
Buckle

This buckle is of gilded copper alloy with punched geometric…
Cloisonné belt-buckle

Though there is no existing evidence, this splendid buckle i…
Disc-on-bow brooch

This is a gilded copper-alloy disc-on-bow brooch , decorated…
Gilded silver brooch

This brooch was worn to fasten a cloak or mantle. The decora…
'Handpin'

This decorative bronze pin is so big it would have been worn…
Hanging bowl from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo
Helmet from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo

The helmet has panels decorated with interlacing Style II an…
Iron spear with inlaid ornament

This spear was found lying close to the right shoulder of a …
Pair of oval brooches

This matching pair of gilt-bronze brooches was found in 1867…
Penannular brooch

Both men and women of rank in Ireland wore brooches of this …
Sceptre from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo

Most rulers, ancient and modern, use emblems of power to enh…
Shrine boss

This once sumptuously decorated boss would originally have b…
Silver gilt mount from a sword scabbard

The sword was the most prestigious weapon an Anglo-Saxon man…
Six disc brooches from the Pentney hoard

The brooches of this extraordinary hoard are principally mad…
The Hurbuck hoard

This hoard contained a sword, a single-edged knife ( seax ) …
The Kells crozier

This fine crozier was found without explanation in a solicit…
The Pitney Brooch

This elegant openwork brooch was found in a churchyard. The …
Bréban grave group

The woman who was buried at Bréban, went to the grave in all…
Front of an enamelled altar cross

This richly enamelled cross front, consists of five scenes d…