The Staffordshire Hoard
Sep. 25th, 2009 10:58 amLinks have been flowing in on this one, so I can find them easily. I'll add to this as I find new stuff.
http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/ The main website. Sounds as though they will put the searchable database of the artifacts up here when they are done. The pdf link for the summary of the hard has some good stuff, including some translation stuff done on the inscription (including references).
News:
BBC "Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found"
Guardian "Largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold found in Staffordshire"
Photos from the Guardian
Photos:
Portable antiquities photo stream - not certain how long the Staffordshire Hoard stuff will stay up the front, but a good link in any case.
The Staffordshire Hoard set from the above collection. Includes cleaned artifacts, initial state, and xrays.
(via a variety of sources including email lists (Lochac, Darton) Mum and links off links)
http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/ The main website. Sounds as though they will put the searchable database of the artifacts up here when they are done. The pdf link for the summary of the hard has some good stuff, including some translation stuff done on the inscription (including references).
News:
BBC "Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found"
Guardian "Largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold found in Staffordshire"
Photos from the Guardian
Photos:
Portable antiquities photo stream - not certain how long the Staffordshire Hoard stuff will stay up the front, but a good link in any case.
The Staffordshire Hoard set from the above collection. Includes cleaned artifacts, initial state, and xrays.
(via a variety of sources including email lists (Lochac, Darton) Mum and links off links)
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Date: 2009-09-26 08:18 am (UTC)