The silver pepper pot is hollowed out, in the shape of a noble lady. At the base the pot can be turned to three sittings, one closed, one with small holes for sprinkling, and one open for filling the pot with ground pepper. (British Museum)
Posted on 01/18/2018 5:41:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Romano-British citizens who no longer had the protection of the Roman Empire were so terrified of the raiding Saxons, Angles, Picts and others that they buried their most valuable belongings. According to an entry from 418 in the 9th-century text Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, "In this year the Romans collected all the treasures which were in Britain and hid some in the earth so that no one afterwards could find them, and some they took with them into Gaul." ...
Because no organic materials survived in the Hoxne hoard, radiocarbon can't be used as a dating technique. Instead, archaeologists use the age of coins, which they arrive it by looking at inscriptions on the coin as well as the ruler depicted on its face.
"The date after which Hoxne must've been buried is 408 or 409 [based on the age of the coins] and the traditional model would suggest it was buried around about that point in time," Guest said in an interview with Smithsonian.com. "My perspective is that actually we've been misdating these hoards. If you look at them a little more carefully, then they should be dated to the period after the separation of Britain from the Roman Empire."
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
The silver pepper pot is hollowed out, in the shape of a noble lady. At the base the pot can be turned to three sittings, one closed, one with small holes for sprinkling, and one open for filling the pot with ground pepper. (British Museum)
I’m always fascinated by people in Britain stumbling upon caches of coins and artifacts.
All I ever stumbled upon were piles of arrowhead chippings...lol
Yeah, it’s easy to feel some envy. OTOH, as I watch my way through years of Time Team episodes on YouTube, I also wonder why anything is left standing in Britain, considering the historically significant stuff that’s been demolished all lah-dee-dah like.
One of the artifacts has “vivas in deo”, a Christian phrase common at the time.
Well, there’s always meteor shards....
Except for Native American relics, we are such a young nation.
Very few edifices older than 200 years.
In some parts of Europe 200 years is a recent build....
Well, that’s true.
It’s interesting some of the things that have been made from metallic meteors.
The sectioned, polished, etched examples of larger examples of those in the museums are pretty cool.
Please add me to your ping list.
Thank you.
The lady’s got Hillary Clinton eyes.
Do image search for silver demetrios...
“All I ever stumbled upon were piles of arrowhead chippings...lol”
You are lucky. The only thing i stumble on is my feet.
Since the pepperpot was buried for 1500 years, it’s only fair if...
another prospective topic:
How did Christianity come to England? Current Archaeology
https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/christianity-come-england.htm
"Because no organic materials survived in the Hoxne hoard, radiocarbon can’t be used as a dating technique. Instead, archaeologists use the age of coins, which they arrive it by looking at inscriptions on the coin as well as the ruler depicted on its face.
Then farther down into the article we have this:
Surrounding the coins and gold objects were nails, hinges, locks, scraps of wood, bone and ivory. Some of the objects were packed with straw, while others were placed in smaller, leather-lined wood boxes.
(I'm sorry I couldn't help it)
In England the finder gets a good split, about 50%, I think.
In the U.S. treasure finders often get nothing if they report it to the authorities.
Sometime finders of fossils are prosecuted and jailed for preserving fossils that would otherwise have been destroyed by the elements.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11016945/The-curse-of-the-8-million-dinosaur.html
He’s insane.
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Any discovered historic item becomes Brit property...
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