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    Title
    The Treasures from Sutton Hoo
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Gareth Williams
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 48
    Width: 188 mm
    Height: 183 mm
    Thickness: 5 mm
    Weight: 160 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780714128252
    ISBN 10: 0714128252
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: HIS015000
    BISAC category code: HIS037010
    BISAC category code: SOC003000
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1DBKEAS
    Dewey: 936.2646
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.5
    Dewey: 930.1
    Illustrations note
    50 colour illustrations
    Publisher
    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS
    Imprint name
    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS
    Publication date
    31 December 2011
    Publication City/Country
    London/GB
    Main description
    The objects unearthed in 1939 from an Anglo-Saxon ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, rank among the most splendid treasures in the collection of the British Museum. Bringing together fine craftsmanship from England, Germany, Scandinavia, Alexandria and far Byzantium, the spectacular finds included gold and garnet jewellery, silverware, drinking vessels with silver-gilt fittings, a lyre and a sceptre, as well as the iconic helmet, all deliberately buried in the early seventh century as grave-goods for an important, though unidentified, warrior. The Sutton Hoo ship-burial was one of the most exciting discoveries ever made in British archaeology. This beautifully designed introduction to the treasure details the most significant pieces contained within it and explores the circumstances of its burial, discovery and excavation, as well as its lasting legacy and fame.
    Biographical note
    Gareth Williams is a curator in the Department of Coins and Medals in the British Museum with responsibility for early medieval coinage, and co-author of The Vale of York Hoard (British Museum Objects in Focus series, 2010).