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The decorative hanging bowl seen from the side (c) MOLA
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Reverse of gold belt buckle believed to have been made specially for Prittlewell princely burial in the period between the death and the funeral(c) MOLA
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Remains of the lyre with decorative copper-alloy fittings with garnets at the centre (c) MOLA
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Prittlewell princely burial reconstruction (c) MOLA
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Gold belt buckle - front
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Blue glass vessel 2
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A portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) machine being used in the laboratory to determine the composition of the gilded copper-alloy fittings on a drinking bottle (c) MOLA
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A reconstruction drawing of the Anglo-Saxon lyre featuring the delicate repair work and garnet fittings (c) MOLA
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All four of the glass vessels from the burial chamber (c) MOLA
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An expert in mineral-preserved wood examining remains from the chamber (c) MOLA
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Archaeologist excavating the Prittlewell princely burial (c) MOLA
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Close up of the copper-alloy and garnet fittings from the lyre. Raman spectroscopy revealed that these garnets are from the Indian subcontinent or Sri Lanka (c) MOLA
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Copper-alloy bowl made in Britain and discovered still in position hanging on the chamber wall (c) MOLA
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Drinking horn and ct scan montage
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Drinking horns like these were luxury items, they speak to the man's status and were vital elements in establishing a date range for the burial (c) MOLA
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Drinking vessels with decorated gold neck in-situ (c) MOLA
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MOLA archaeologist Ian Blair carefully excavates the gold foil crosses (c) MOLA
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MOLA archaeologist Ian Blair excavates Anglo-Saxon drinking horns and drinking cups in the 2003 excavation of the princely burial chamber (c) MOLA
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MOLA archaeologist Ian Blair excavates the flagon (c) MOLA
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MOLA conservator Liz Barham excavates the silver spoon in block lifted soil from the dig in the laboratory (c) MOLA
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MOLA conservator Liz Barham studieds the hanging bowl (c) MOLA
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The remains of one of the wooden drinking cups which provided the crucial material for carbon dating the burial chamber (c) MOLA
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The top of a wooden drinking bottle with decorated gold neck (c) MOLA
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Unique 1400 year old painted wooden box, the only surviving example of early Anglo-Saxon painted woodwork (c) MOLA