The Carolingian vessel found in Dumfriess in October 2014 is probably the largest ever. recently it was CT-scanned to discover, what it holds.
Recently a spectacular Viking treasure turned up in Dumfries consisting of dozens of silver arm rings and ingots plus some remarkable gold objects. All told, the hoard proved to include more than a 100 individual pieces. The array of artifacts — stamp-decorated bracelets from Ireland, glass beads from Scandinavia, a beautifully graceful gold bird-shaped pin or hair ornament, silver ingots marked with runic inscriptions and even textile fragments still attached to the Carolingian pot — make this a find of international importance. Among the objects within the hoard is also an early Christian cross thought to date from the ninth or tenth centuries. The solid silver cross has enamelled decorations, which experts consider highly unusual; they might represent the four evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and is are remarkably similar to the carvings on St Cuthbert’s coffin in Durham Cathedral.
The most significant find, though, is perhaps the largest ever Carolingian silver–alloy pot complete with its lid and presumably filled with “more goodies”. The question, however, remains, which?
In order to get an overview of the contents of the pot before excavating it, the pot was recently CT-scanned. So-far archaeologists have only published a small tidbit of a video, from which it can be ascertained that the pot seems to hold one or more brooches (round objects).
We are eagerly averting more…
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The enameled silver cross emerges from the earth