sceptre;
whetstone
- Museum number
- 1939,1010.205.a
- Description
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Copper alloy mount in the form of a stag, once mounted onto iron ring 1939,1010.205.b, which was affixed to the terminal of whetstone or sceptre 1939,1010.160. The stag is modelled naturalistically in the round, with two ears and a pair of antlers, each with tines (some damaged), on top of the head. Both forelegs and hindlegs are modelled together, forelegs straight and hindlegs slightly bent.
- Production date
- early 7thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.80 centimetres
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Length: 5 centimetres
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Weight: 79.60 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Publications:
Quast, D., 2010. Ein spätantikes Zepter aus dem Childerichgrab. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 40, pp. 285-96, esp. p. 285 (offprint in the object file)
Lamm, J. P., 1987. On the Cult of Multiple-headed Gods in England and in the Baltic Area. Przeglad Archeologiczny 34, pp. 219–31
Enright, M., 1983. The Sutton Hoo Whetstone Sceptre: A Study in Iconography and Cultural Milieu. Anglo-Saxon England 11, pp. 119–134
Simpson, J., 1979. The King's Whetstone. Antiquity 53, pp. 96–101
- Location
- On display (G41/dc1/sG)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2004 1 Apr-30 Oct, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre, Between Myth and Reality
1980 10 Mar-30 Sep, Sweden, Stockholm, Statens Historika Museum, The Vikings are Here
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1939,1010.205.a
