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S22 | Knights Hospitaller (Halston): Saxon Font - 3D model
🕑 Added 2023-03-25 10:06:43 +0000 UTCWow, what a response to Day 1 of our Knights Hospitaller dig! Remember, it's your support that directly makes this all possible, so thank you again for helping us to uncover more history.
The dig got off to a great start, with Richard K Morriss identifying a Saxon font that might be over a thousand years old! It predates the Hospitallers, of course, but what an incredible find for Gus's virtual museum.
View the model on Sketchfab HERE.
There's plenty more still to come, so get ready for Day 2 HERE.
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Comments
Mary Jones
You can see traces of decoration in a band round the top.
Jeff Lanam
Could it have been outside for a long time? It seems like it should be decorated, but any decorations have been worn off.
Kay Theriault
I love seeing the 3D models. It really gives viewers a sense of the objects / artifacts when we're so distant from the actual dig site. <3
Lydia S.
Hello, yes wonderful find! Do they normally have hole in the bottom? These does'nt seem to be any patterning on the font, are there any signs of painted decoration?
Time Team
Times New Saxon. We'll see ourselves out.
Martin Packer
No ser(i)fs ... ๐ I'll see myself out, also. ๐
Christopher Samuel
I'm pretty sure that's a sans-serif font. I'll see myself out.
Diana Patterson
Great find, but can we know what the stain is? Is the hole in the bottom for drainage or an attachment to the base? What stone is it made from -- sandstone?
Des Bowring
That is a font to die for. And as for the medieval tile, phwoaaarh!
