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Anglo-Saxon shield boss(es) from Breach Down, Kent
The drawing shows a conical iron shield boss, and possibly the shield grip, and a knife. The 'Broad Sword' mentioned in the inscription is shown in Early Medieval Antiquities 44. The objects are from a barrow on Breach Down, excavated by Thomas Mantell in 1810.
Creator
- British Museum : Possibly
- Mantell, Thomas
Subject
- Armour and Weapons
- Drawings
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Archaeology
Creator
- British Museum : Possibly
- Mantell, Thomas
Subject
- Armour and Weapons
- Drawings
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Archaeology
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- British Museum : Possibly|Mantell, Thomas
Temporal
- Anglo-Saxon
Places
- Barham (Kent)
- Breach
- British Museum : Possibly
- England
- Europe
- Kent
- United Kingdom
- …
- United Kingdom
- England
- Barham
Provenance
- Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Early Medieval Antiquities
Source
- Archaeology Data Sevice
Identifier
- society_albums/early_medieval_antiquities/em39-1
Is part of
- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/SoA_images/index.cfm?CFID=9579&CFTOKEN=BF7E76A0-D723-4BB2-9AC4B2BE9A527C12
References
- 'Presents to the Society, Since the Publication of the Fifteenth Volume of Archæologia', Archaeologia 16 (1812): 374.|Audrey Meaney, A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites (London: Allen & Unwin, 1964), pp. 108-111.|Lord Albert Conyngham, 'An Account of the Opening and Examination of a Considerable Number of Tumuli on Breach Downs, in the County of Kent', Archaeologia 30 (1844): 47-56.
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-18T10:10:25.641Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-25T11:21:26.369Z