Sujet
Handle for a seax, or single-edged knife from the Staffordshire Hoard. Anglo-Saxon. 7th or 8th centuries
Légende
Handle for a seax, or single-edged knife from the Staffordshire Hoard. This spectacular handle has some of the finest cloisonné decoration. ‘Seax’ describes any kind of single-edged knife. Everyone carried some sort of knife. The name ‘Saxons’ probably means ‘people of the knife'. The Staffordshire Hoard is a collection of Anglo-Saxon. Discovered in a field near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England, in 2009. it consists of over 3, 500 items, dated to the 7th or 8th centuries, placing the origin of the items in the time of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Date
7e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP17A10_309
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,0Mo (2,6Mo) / 36,0cm x 41,7cm / 4256 x 4928 (300dpi)