#sutton hoo

[wicked-rainbow-gay]

I have an unhealthy obsession with the Sutton Hoo burial, items currently displayed in the British museum.

...think they'd let me try the helmet on if I asked nicely?

#sutton hoo #anglo saxon #british museum #archaeology #historic #historian

[loosethreadstitchery]

This one was very, very loosely based on reconstructions of the Sutton Hoo helmet. I called it Heregríma, meaning roughly "war-mask", one of many terms used in Beowulf to describe a face-covering helmet. Blackwork on 28-count, worked over 2 threads/stitch. Each section is outlined in pale metallic gold thread, couched. It's difficult to see in photos, but in person you get just a little sparkle around the edges, which is what I was going for.

Pattern here My Etsy shop

In-progress shot because I also kind of liked how he looked at this stage:

#after finishing the background i never want to see dmc 612 again as long as i live #blackwork #embroidery #cross stitch #fiber arts #crafts #sutton hoo #my designs

[ochipi]

Archaeological things that make me happy

Early medieval Germanic Buckets

For reasons not really known, the Early Germans attributed an unknown importance to buckets. Both in Anglo Saxon and Merovingian graves can such buckets be found. I’d even call them pretty, and they’re 1500 years old.

1) RMO Leiden, object nr Rh763F, Rhenen-Utrecht, The Netherlands

2) KMKG Brussels, object nr D0077-001, Tienen-Vlaams Brabant, Belgium

3) The British Museum London, object nr 1939,1010.119 , Sutton Hoo - Suffolk, England

#field archaeology #anglos Saxon #germanic #early Germans #Merovingian #Frankish #charlemagne #archaeology #field archaeologist #Sutton hoo

[ancientorigins]

A Pre-Christian cultic temple unearthed in Suffolk! Delve into the latest excavation revealing a potent symbol of Anglo-Saxon paganism and royal power near the legendary Sutton Hoo.

#Sutton Hoo #temple #Pagan #Anglo-Saxon #England #ancient #history #ancient origins

[copperbadge]

While you're in the British Museum, PLEASE go check out the actual British collection. The Sutton Hoo grave goods and the Lindow Man are fascinating and there's so much good Roman slice of life stuff.

Sutton Who?

:D

More later, but Sutton Hoo was one of the reasons I really wanted to do the British Museum ahead of the V&A. Well worth it! Though I didn't take many photos, I was busy soaking it all in.

[ID: A photo of the famous helmet and faceplate from the Sutton Hoo ship burial; the helmet is domed with texture here and there, and a line leading from between the eyebrows up over the top. Protective flaps attached to the helmet hang down to protect the side of the wearer's face. The eybrows at the lip of the helmet are pronounced and bushy, rendered in scored metal; below the eyebrows, an attached faceplate has a prominent nose, a small curved mustache, and a small but well-rendered mouth.]

#sam travels #the cheese tour #british museum #sutton hoo

[thesilicontribesman]

Replica of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Helmet, The British Museum, London

#sutton hoo #anglo saxon warrior #anglosaxonart #anglo saxon burial #anglo saxon #helmet #metalwork #ancient living #ancient craft #ancient culture #archaeology

[merovingian-marvels]

Bonus post: The Sutton Hoo rivets

Archaeology pioneer Basil Brown standing in the Sutton Hoo ship. No actual wood has survived. The whole lay-out of the ship has only survived because of the rivets having remained in their original place all those centuries.

The rivets can be seen as black dots on the white (mother soil) background. There has been no other ship from the Vendel age excavated that is so well preserved without actual wood surviving. Grave robbers and the wood collapsing on itself usually leave plenty of rivets out of place.

Image credit: Basil Brown in the Sutton Hoo ship, 1939. The British Museum and the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company.

#frankish #merovingian #viking archaeology #archaeology #carolingian #charlemagne #field archaeology #viking mythology #merovingian archaeology #germanic mythology #vendel period #Vendel era #sutton hoo #Sutton Hoo ship #Basil Brown #norse mythology #anglo saxon #viking #field archaeologist #frisian #odin #vikings #germanic #germanic folklore #germanic archaeology #wodan #anglo saxon archaeology #history #jewelry #norse

[thatshowthingstarted]

Gold and Enamel shoulder clasps, Dating to the early C7th,

Discovered in 1939 as part of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge in Suffolk.

Courtesy: British Museum

#art #design #jewellery #jewelry #gold #enamel #clasp #7th century #shoulder clasps #sutton hoo #suffolk #woodbridge #burial #style #history

[pazzesco]

The Sutton Hoo Helmet's exceptional survival and haunting appearance have made it an icon of the early medieval period.

From Sutton Hoo, Ship-burial Mound 1, England. Late 500s to early 600 CE. The British Museum, London.

#helmut #sutton hoo #ship-burial mound #antiquities

[jd2kewl]

“Anglo-Saxon glass drinking-horn, VII c. Excavated in Rainham, London

Drinking horns are attested from Viking Age Scandinavia. In the Prose Edda, Thor drank from a horn that unbeknown to him contained all the seas. They also feature in Beowulf, and fittings for drinking horns were also found at the Sutton Hoo burial site.”

#vikings #anglo saxon #sutton hoo #drinking horn

[addictivecontradiction]

The dig, 2021

#biography #drama #history #the dig #sutton hoo #simon stone #moira buffini #john preston #carey mulligan #ralph fiennes #destination

[tashacee]

Untarnished Chapter 9 is now up!

So I've hidden a lot in this one and I'm pretty pleased with it.

The First's Sword is based off of the Sutton Hoo sword, which you can see on the British Museum's website here. Originally the hilt and pommel was going to be a lot more damaged and tarnished, but then I remembered that the Sutton Hoo one was made of gold and gold doesn't corrupt, so any damage to that part is literal breakage and wear. And yes, I could have made it a different metal, but gold and garnets are so pretty together so here we are.

#linked universe fic #linked universe fanfic #lu fanfiction #linked universe #lu #it me #fanfic #fanfiction #sutton hoo #untarnished #my art

[heraldrydiculous]

#365 Hoo?

#sutton hoo #sutton #viking #heraldry #helmet #khevron #heraldrydiculous #azure

[ochipi]

So I was reading about early medieval lyres and learned that there was one perfectly preserved lyre found in Germany which they managed to preserve in alcohol in Berlin. I got super hyped about it, hoping to see a picture or which museum collection holds it.

Turns out the lyre was destroyed in the Second World War when Russian soldiers DRANK the alcohol.

Might be the most depressing stuff i’ve ever read

#archaeology #world war ii #world war 2 #Merovingian #anglo saxon #Sutton hoo #lyre #music #ancient music #ancient instruments #russia #berlin #germany

[ancientorigins]

You can learn a lot about a people from how they bury their dead. The world is full of unique and fascinating burial sites that give us a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors.

#Cairn #Plain of Jars #Sutton Hoo #Burial

[chaoswizardry]

As per tradition, I fuck up the family gingerbread house, by decorating my side with ridiculous iconography. This year I made a stylized replica of the Sutton Hoo purse lid with piped icing sugar, a generous amount of various sprinkles, and a few gingerbread cookies I made for the lid decorations to add depth.

Merry Christmas, fellas

#anglo saxon #early medieval #history #gingerbread house #historical gingerbread house #sutton hoo #high functioning autism