Gold Belt Buckle From The Ship Burial At Sutton Hoo

This magnificent buckle found in the ship burial was made of gold and weighs 412 7 grams.

Gold belt buckle from the ship burial at sutton hoo.

Gold belt buckle hollow with cast ornament. The upper surface is covered entirely with zoomorphic interlace the design picked out in tiny punched circles and inlaid except on the loop in niello. Byzantine silverware sumptuous gold jewelry a lavish feasting set and most famously an ornate iron helmet. The most significant artefacts from the ship burial displayed in the british museum are those found in the burial chamber including a suite of metalwork dress fittings in gold and gems a ceremonial helmet shield and sword a lyre and many pieces of silver plate from the byzantine empire.

This spectacular gold buckle from the sutton hoo ship burial shows that the person commemorated there was of great importance. The intricate decoration comprises a web of 13 snakes predatory birds and long limbed beasts. It s a hollow box that. Belt buckle sutton hoo early 7th century gold 13 2 x 5 6 cm trustees of the british museum beneath the mound was the imprint of a 27 metre long ship.

At its centre was a ruined burial chamber packed with treasures. Three large plain hemispherical bosses connect with sliding catches on the back plate which opens on a hinge. This spectacular gold buckle from the sutton hoo ship burial shows that the person commemorated there was of great importance there s more to the buckle than you d think. From the sutton hoo ship burial mound 1 england uk.

Constructed from several separate pieces its body forms a hinged box with an ingenious triple lock mechanism. Weighing more than 400 grams the buckle is actually a hollow box that. This type of animal ornament was popular with many germanic speaking peoples at the time. The suttton hoo buckle is a superlative example of of this type of animal ornament which was popular with many germanic people at that time.

Early anglo saxon early 7th century ce. This gold belt buckle from sutton hoo is one of the greatest achievements of anglo saxon metalwork.