bowl
- Museum number
- 1939,1010.79
- Description
-
Shallow silver bowl. In the centre of the bowl is an inscribed roundel, placed in the centre of an equal-armed cross running from below the rim. The arms of the cross are decorated with a chased star motif. The central roundel has a floral design in centre, surrounded by a ring of stamped squares. The rim is beaded, with two concentric narrow lines of engraving inside the bowl, just below the rim, 2mm apart. One of set of ten bowls, 1939,1010.78-87; a pair with bowl 1939,1010.82.
- Production date
- 6thC-7thC(early)
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 23.30 centimetres
-
Weight: 282 grammes
-
Depth: 5.10 centimetres (incl. projection of central stud)
- Curator's comments
- Published in:
Michael D. J. Bintley, 2011. The Byzantine silver bowls in the Sutton Hoo ship burial and tree-worship in Anglo-Saxon England. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 21, 34-45
- Location
- On display (G41/dc1/sB)
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2008 22 Aug-7 Dec, Germany, Bonn, Kunst and Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Rome and the Barbarians
2008 28 Jan-20 Jul, Italy, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Rome and the Barbarians
1980 10 Mar-30 Sep, Sweden, Stockholm, Statens Historika Museum, The Vikings are Here
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1939,1010.79
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: 1939,1010.22c (former number)
