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The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure (Hardcover)
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The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure (Hardcover)
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The Hoxne treasure, a spectacular collection of gold and silver
coins, gold jewellery and silver artefacts, was buried early in the
5th century AD, and was rediscovered in November 1992. Although the
major objects have been exhibited in museums and illustrated and
discussed in both popular and scholarly publications over the last
fifteen years, the results of detailed research on the entire find
are published here in full for the first time. This volume provides
a complete, illustrated inventory of the items in the treasure
other than the 15,000 coins, which have been separately published
(in The Late Roman Gold and Silver Coins from the Hoxne Treasure,
by P.S.W. Guest, British Museum Press, 2005). It catalogues the 29
superb pieces of gold jewellery, a dozen silver vessels, nearly a
hundred silver spoons, and about 40 additional silver objects. The
numerous objects made of organic materials (ivory, bone and wood),
though individually small, are rare discoveries, and the iron nails
and other fittings bear witness to the chest that originally
contained the treasure: all are described in detail, bringing the
total to just over 400 entries. Fifteen chapters of wide-ranging
discussion include specialist contributions on the excavation,
conservation and scientific study and analysis of the material, and
the identification and interpretation of the inscriptions. Together
they place this outstanding find both in its immediate environment
of late Romano-British society and in the wider context of the art,
iconography and luxury of the late Roman world.
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