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Inscription on Aethelswith's ring
The drawing shows the inside of the ring's bezel, which is inscribed with the name of Queen Ethelswith in Anglo-Saxon characters.
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Creator
- British Museum
- Æthelswith
Subject
- Costume and Accessories
- Drawings
- Jewellery
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Drawing
- Goldwork
- Jewelry
- Archaeology
Creator
- British Museum
- Æthelswith
Subject
- Costume and Accessories
- Drawings
- Jewellery
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Drawing
- Goldwork
- Jewelry
- 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|Æthelswith
Temporal
- 9th century AD
- Anglo-Saxon : Late
Places
- British Museum
- England
- Europe
- North Yorkshire
- Sherburn in Elmet
- United Kingdom
- West Yorkshire
- Yorkshire
- …
- West Yorkshire
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Personal Ornaments
Source
- Archaeology Data Sevice
Identifier
- society_albums/personal_ornaments/po24-2
Is part of
- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/SoA_images/index.cfm?CFID=9579&CFTOKEN=BF7E76A0-D723-4BB2-9AC4B2BE9A527C12
References
- Charles Oman, British Rings, 800-1914 (London: B T Batsford, 1974), pp. 15, 90. Illustration, fig. d, pl. 6.|David A Hinton, Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins: possessions and people in Medieval Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 109. Illustration, fig. 4.1, p. 109.
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-18T10:20:12.705Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-25T11:21:26.369Z
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