An archaeological silver collar formed of thick wire, now broken into two pieces but originally one piece & in penannular form with the wire bending into a small hook, at each end, which could fasten to each-other (the hooks sitting at the right-back of the wearer’s neck). The front has been hammered flat forming a curving strip which would sit on the collar bones and may once have been decorated or inscribed.
Child’s Silver Neck-Ring (c6th) — a simple symbol of status, or something darker? #findsfridsy
This neck ring was found in the burial of a child in the piecemeal-excavated early #AngloSaxon cemetery at Ruskington Lincolnshire. (Displayed at Lincoln Museum).
Rare #archaeology finds, such collars…
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