Snettisham Hoard

Snettisham Hoard

Infobox Artifact
name = Snettisham Hoard


image_caption =
material = Gold
created = 70 BC
discovered = Snettisham in 1948-73
location = nowrap beginBritish Museum·wrap Norwich Castlenowrap end

The Snettisham Hoard, or Snettisham Treasure, is a series of discoveries of Iron Age precious metal, found in the Snettisham area of the English county of Norfolk between 1948 to 1973.

The hoard consists of metal, jet and over 150 gold torques fragments, over 70 of which form complete torcs, dating from BC 70. Though the origins are unknown, it is of a quality to have been the royal treasury of the Iceni.cite web | url = http://www.cix.co.uk/~archaeology/hilites/snet.htm | title = The Snettisham Treasure | publisher = Current Archaeology | accessdate = June 6 | accessyear = 2006 ]

In 1985 there was also a find of Romano-British jewellery and raw materials buried in a clay pot in AD 155. Though it has no direct connection with the nearby Iron Age finds, it may be evidence of a long tradition of gold- and silver-working in the area."The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's Hoard" by Catherine Johns (British Museum Press, 1997)] cite web | url = http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ1424 | title = Jeweller's hoard from Snettisham | publisher = The British Museum | accessdate = June 6 | accessyear = 2006 ]

The finds are deposited in Norwich Castle Museum and the British Museum.

The hoard was number 4 in the list of British archaeological finds selected by experts at the British Museum for the 2003 BBC Television documentary "Our Top Ten Treasures" presented by Adam Hart-Davis.

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Snettisham — is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located near the west coast of Norfolk, some 5 miles (8 km) south of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 9 miles (15 km) north of the town of King s Lynn and 45 miles (70 km)… …   Wikipedia

  • Snettisham-Horte — Snettisham Hort aus der Eisen Zeit etwa 75 v. Chr., jetzt im British Museum …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Snettisham Torc — The Snettisham Torc is one of the most beautiful pieces of Iron Age Britain Celtic art, from the Snettisham Hoard which was found in a field at Ken Hill, in the English county of Norfolk between 1948 to 1973. The Snettisham Torc weighs 1080 grams …   Wikipedia

  • Hoard — This article is about the archaeological collection. For the memory allocator brand, see Hoard memory allocator. For the sports commentator, see Greg Hoard. For the dairy industry magazine, see Hoard s Dairyman. For other uses, see Hoarding… …   Wikipedia

  • Our Top Ten Treasures — ⋅ The Sutton Hoo Helmet Genre Documentary Directed by …   Wikipedia

  • Sevso Treasure — The Sevso Treasure is a hoard of silver objects from the late Roman Empire, that may be illicit antiquities.The treasure trove consists of 14 large decorated silver vessels and the copper cauldron which contained them, and has been dated to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Newark Torc — The Newark Torc Material Gold Created 200BC 50BC Period/culture Iron Age, La Tène Place Newark on Trent …   Wikipedia

  • Norwich Castle — Norwich, Norfolk Norwich Castle s keep …   Wikipedia

  • 1948 in archaeology — The year 1948 in archaeology involved some significant events.Explorations*Excavations* Excavations at Nippur sponsored by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago begin directed by Richard C. HainesPublicationsFinds*Therizinosaurus is …   Wikipedia

  • Martyn Jope — Edward Martyn Jope (28 December 1915 – 14 November 1996) was an English archaeologist and chemist. He worked temporarily during the Second World War as a biochemist. Following the war, he returned to working in archaeology, first as a… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”