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Description: Pieces from the Staffordshire hoard, an Anglo-Saxon treasure trove discovered in 2009. From top left to bottom right the items are: Part of helmet cheek piece (left) "Fish and Eagles" (above and right of cheek piece) NLM 567: sword fitting or dagger hilt (right of cheek piece) NLM 655: folded cross (top right) mount with entwined pattern within rectangle (above strip) NLM 449: hilt piece with inlaid intertwining pattern (middle) NLM 451: pyramid-shaped mount or sword fixing (below 449, above strip) NLM 462: pyramid-shaped mount or sword fixing NLM 545: stud with chequerboard pattern NLM 550: folded band with Latin inscription (lower left) NLM 675: small round stud horse-patterned rod (lower right) At the lower left the folded gold band, NLM 550, is inscribed with the Latin inscription surge d[omi]ne [et] dispentur inimici tui et fugent qui oderunt te a facie tua which could be translated as "rise up, o Lord, and may thy enemies be scattered and those who hate thee be driven from thy face"[1]
Title: Staffordshire hoard annotated
Credit: Staffordshire hoard
Author: David Rowan, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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