A new goddess for roman britain: The Ashwell Hoard
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A NEW GODDESS FOR ROMAN BRITAIN: THE ASHWELL HOARD
This hoard of gold and silver objects was found by metal detectorist Alan Meek in 2002, at Ashwell, Hertfordshire. It includes gold jewelry, a silver figurine of a woman, and several plaques - decorated sheets of gold and silver.
The objects were gifts from individual worshippers to a previously unknown British goddess called Senuna. They were probably taken out of a temple and buried, perhaps for safekeeping, in the late 3rd or 4th century AD. For reasons we shall never know, they were not retrieved.
Several plaques have inscriptions to Senuna. In addition, an inscribed silver base, found in subsequent archaeological excavations, confirms that the figurine is of her. Senuna seems to been likened to the Roman goddess Minerva. She may have been a river or water goddess, local to the region, who presided over a sacred spring.
The hoard was acquired by the British Museum with funding from the British Museum Friends and The Art Fund
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