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Keywords: British Museum Runic Silver Animal Head.jpg en Photograph of British Museum http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 98159 1869 0610 1 2010-06-24 own BabelStone Half of a gilt silver mount terminating in the form of an animal head with blue-glass eyes Length 18 8 centimetres With a uninterpretable cryptic or magic runic inscription sbe/rædht3bcai/e/rh/ad/æbs ᛋᛒᛖ ᚱᚫᛞᚻᛏᛇᛒᚳᚪᛁ ᛖ ᚱᚻ ᚪᛞ ᚫᛒᛋ Middle Anglo-Saxon period probably late 8th century Found in the Thames near Westminster Bridge London Bibliography Page R I 1964 Appendix A The Inscriptions in D M Wilson Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 77-9 Wilson D M 1964 Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period I London cat 45 15-16 Wilson D M 1973 The Treasure in A Small C Thomas and D M Wilson St Ninian s Isle and its Treasure Oxford 138 pl LII b Length 18 8 centimetres G41/dc39/no28 BabelStone own 2010-06-24 cc-zero Anglo-Saxon runic inscriptions Room 41 British Museum Anglo-Saxon metalwork Animal heads in art
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