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Description: | Skeleton record re. Treasure Case 2008 T635A cast silver cruciform pendant of medieval date. The arms have a flattened circular cross section. They are of equal length and terminate in a globular knop; appended to one of these is a plain suspension loop bent at a slight angle. In the centre of the cross a flat roundel is engraved on one face with a Lombardic letter 'A' surrounded by small punch marks, and on the other with a symbol similar to an 'S' and a cross; both within an incised border. Such arrangements are generally taken to refer to alpha and omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, which were traditionally used as a sacred monogram to refer to God (e.g. TAR 2003, 113; ref. 212).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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