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Description: | A medieval pendant or suspension mount in the form of a double armed cross. The bottom end is broken and a suspension loop survives at the top. At the centre of each cross is a square-shaped field roughly incised with characters on both sides that may be intended to represent the Alpha and the Omega. These Greek letters were taken to mean the Beginning and the End from scriptural reference (Book of Revelation chapters 8, 21 and 22). Similar single-armed crosses with Alpha and Omega or other amuletic inscriptions are known, for example TAR 2004, No 219, pp. 114 and 282.The find is silver and dates from the thirteenth century. Treasure reference number 2010 T550.
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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