The sutton hoo ship burial is one of the most significant archeological discoveries ever made.
Gold belt buckle sutton hoo.
This gold belt buckle is a masterpiece of early medieval craftsmanship made using over 400g of gold with an intricate decoration of intertwining creatures inlaid with niello a black metal alloy.
The presence of the coin shaped blanks suggests that the number of coins was deliberately.
The sutton hoo belt buckle.
From the sutton hoo ship burial mound 1 england uk.
Weighing more than 400 grams the buckle is actually a hollow box that opens at the back on a hinge beneath the loop.
There was a purse among the burial goods which contained 37 gold coins 3 coin shaped blanks and 2 small gold ingots.
Gold belt buckle hollow with cast ornament.
Constructed from several separate pieces its body forms a hinged box with an ingenious triple lock mechanism.
Belt buckles go back at least to the iron age and a gold great buckle was among the items interred at sutton hoo primarily decorative shield on tongue buckles were common anglo saxon grave goods at this time elaborately decorated on the shield portion and associated only with men.
Made using over 400 grams of gold its intricate decoration shows 13 intertwining creatures inlaid with niello a black metal alloy.
Belt buckle sutton hoo early 7th century gold.
The intricate decoration comprises a web of 13 snakes predatory birds and long limbed.
This magnificent buckle found in the ship burial was made of gold and weighs 412 7 grams.
This gold belt buckle from sutton hoo is one of the greatest achievements of anglo saxon metalwork.
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.
One such buckle found in a 7th century grave at finglesham kent in 1965 bears the image of a naked.
I created a linocut illustration of the gold belt buckle discovered at sutton hoo s ship burial mound in 1939.
The mourners at sutton hoo chose and arranged the.
This spectacular gold buckle from the sutton hoo ship burial shows that the person commemorated there was of great importance.
It provides remarkable insights into early anglo saxon england.
Gold hollow with cast ornament.
This type of animal ornament was popular with many germanic speaking peoples at the time.
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.
The trustees of the british museum.
Gold belt buckle the metal and decoration on saxon s buckle reflected the wealth and status of their owner.
Three large plain hemispherical bosses connect with sliding catches on the back plate which opens on a hinge.
