Over the years, archaeologists have pieced together pieces of the Bromeswell Bucket, which likely came from the Byzantine Empire. It is now on display in the High Hall at Sutton Hoo.Image credit: James Dobson, National Trust Images
Posted on 07/12/2024 7:25:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
While working at the Anglo-Saxon site of Sutton Hoo in England, archaeologists found the missing pieces of a 1,500-year-old copper bucket imported from Turkey. The bucket, which is at least a century older than the famed ship burial, may provide a window into how people lived in early medieval times.
A team of archaeologists, conservators and volunteers from Time Team, the U.K.'s National Trust and FAS Heritage discovered the metal fragments in late June during excavation and metal-detecting work at Sutton Hoo.
Sutton Hoo is best known for its magnificent seventh-century ship burial, whose 1939 discovery was featured in the 2021 movie "The Dig." But the burial was just one part of a complex of 18 separate burial mounds found near Suffolk in southeastern England, many of which contained jewelry and coins. Evidence of imported goods — including an Egyptian bowl, Eastern Mediterranean silverware and a Middle Eastern petroleum product called bitumen — has also been discovered at Sutton Hoo.
But the copper-alloy bucket, known as the Bromeswell Bucket, predates the ship burial by at least a century. The fragmented bucket, which was found in 1986, depicts a North African hunting scene featuring lions and a dog. It was likely produced in the sixth century in Antioch, Turkey, which was then part of the Byzantine Empire. An inscription in Greek on the bucket reads, "Use this in good health, Master Count, for many happy years," suggesting that it may have been a diplomatic gift.
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Over the years, archaeologists have pieced together pieces of the Bromeswell Bucket, which likely came from the Byzantine Empire. It is now on display in the High Hall at Sutton Hoo.Image credit: James Dobson, National Trust Images
Lunch or Beer bucket
Sorry, couldn't resist.
From the description, the bucket would have probably been made during the reign of Justinian and, if a diplomatic gift, the “Master Count” would have asserted that the barbarian chieftain receiving it was still under the suzerainty of the Roman Empire.
It’s a Chamber Pot..........................
very cool
I marked the "Willy Howe Burial Mound" in Yorkshire on Google Maps a while back. Google regularly sends me updates on how many people have visited based on the marked spot on Google Maps -- it has had over a million people look at it! I never thought an obscure place like that would get any interest at all.
One of my absolute favorite movies. Loved remembering. Thanks.
Yep 😏
Oh, Sunken, this was one of your best finds. The etching is exquisite. The musculature is reminding me strongly of the Art Deco simple lines. VERY unusual.
Thunder Mug................
Quite exquisite for a potty.................
There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza.
Hobson was a great character.
The original series of Time Team is fascinating with comedian Sir Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, etc. and can be watched on youtube.
Nearby, on google maps, shows Creamy Wasian Bubbles a place of worship. What??
Sutton who?
Where’s Moe Howard when I need him?
I think I went to school with Art, and probably a few others of the Deco family...
Thanks mairdie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ipNUTtDYU
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