Half of a gilt silver mount terminating in the form of an animal head with blue-glass eyes. Length: 18.8 centimetres. With a uninterpretable (cryptic or magic) runic inscription
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ᛋᛒᛖᚱᚫᛞᚻᛏᛇᛒᚳᚪᛁ ᛖᚱᚻᚪᛞᚫᛒᛋ
Middle Anglo-Saxon period (probably late 8th century). Found in the Thames, near Westminster Bridge, London.
Bibliography:
Page, R.I. 1964, Appendix A. The Inscriptions, in D.M. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork’, 77-9
Wilson, D.M. 1964, ‘Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum, Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period’, I, London, cat. 45, 15-16
Wilson, D.M. 1973, The Treasure, in A. Small, C. Thomas and D.M. Wilson, ‘St Ninian’s Isle and its Treasure’, Oxford, 138, pl. LII b.
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The Thames zoomorphic silver-gilt (knife?) mount (late 8th century)
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