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Description: | Fragment of a small mercury-gilded silver reliquary, of slightly flaring form, oval in section, with a flat top. A small loop is attached to the top, through which a single chain link survives. The reliquary contains small bones which, from the small amount visible, may be fragments of human distal phalanges (finger or toe bones). Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the broken metal surface of the reliquary indicated a silver content of approximately 91%, the rest being copper, gold and lead.
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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