Set of silver bowls, solar cross, sun disc, solar disc
European Museums, The British MuseumA cross with solar disc on a bowl
A set of silver bowls
These shallow silver bowls are from a set of ten that were stacked upside-down inside the Sutton Hoo burial chamber. They were made in the eastern Mediterranean, possibly for religious use - their cross-shaped designs may have had a Christian meaning. We do not know how the bowls were used after they arrived in Anglo-Saxon England, where Christianity was slowly taking hold.
A.D. 500s - 600s. Donated by Mrs. Edith M. Pretty; 1939,1010.79-83 and 85
Supplementary images:
A cross with solar disc on a bowl
Taken on Monday 17th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Tags:
bowl
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christian
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circle
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cross
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cross inside a circle
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cross on metal
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cross with circle in the center
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disc
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dishes with rays
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eight-point
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flower-like
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four-point
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four-pointed cross
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metal
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overlapping cross and circle
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silver
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solar disc
Genre:
500 - 600 A.D.
Source: London, United Kingdom
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