Abstract
The presence of Roman material in early Anglo-Saxon graves in England is well documented, and recent excavations at Scremby in Lincolnshire have revealed a complete copper-alloy enamelled drinking cup in a sixth-century ad female burial. Not only is such a Roman vessel a very rare find, but also its inclusion in an early medieval grave makes it a unique example of the reuse of an antique object in a funerary context. This article presents a typological and metallurgical analysis of the cup and selected comparative examples from England and France are discussed. The context of deposition and the role the cup played as a burial container for animal fat are examined, as are the mechanisms that lay behind the cup's continued life several centuries after its manufacture.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-19 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | European Journal of Archaeology |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 30 May 2024 |
Keywords
- Anglo-Saxon
- Biographie
- Bronze
- Lipide
- Roman
- Römerzeit
- angelsächsische Periode
- biographie
- biography
- bronze
- enamel
- lipides
- lipids
- émail
- époque anglo-saxonne
- époque romaine