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Drinking horn
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A drinking horn is the horn of a bovid or antler of an ungulate used as a drinking vessel. Drinking horns are known from classical antiquity, especially the Balkans. They remained in use for ceremonia
The Roordahuizum drinking horn, made in the mid-16th century by silversmith Albert Jacobs Canter, kept in the Frisian Museum at Leeuwarden
The Roordahuizum drinking horn, made in the mid-16th century by silversmith Albert Jacobs Canter, kept in the Frisian Museum at Leeuwarden
Drinking horn with silver-gilt mounts (detail), Northern German or Scandinavian, late 15th century, The Hunt Museum
Drinking horn with silver-gilt mounts (detail), Northern German or Scandinavian, late 15th century, The Hunt Museum
Collection of drawings of Scythian stelae of the 6th to 5th centuries BC. Many of them depict warriors holding a drinking horn in their right hand.
Collection of drawings of Scythian stelae of the 6th to 5th centuries BC. Many of them depict warriors holding a drinking horn in their right hand.
The Hochdorf drinking horn (iron with sheet gold ornaments, capacity 5.5 litres)
The Hochdorf drinking horn (iron with sheet gold ornaments, capacity 5.5 litres)
Golden Horns of Gallehus
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The Golden Horns of Gallehus were two horns made of sheet gold, discovered in Gallehus, north of Møgeltønder in Southern Jutland, Denmark. The horns dated to the early 5th century, i.e. the beginning
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…skills of the Roman glass-makers survived in Lombardic Italy, exemplified by a blue glass drinking-horn from Sutri, also in the British Museum. The two Gallehus Horns (early 5th century), made from some 3 kg of gold and electrum each, are usually interpreted as drinking horns, although some scholars point out that…
The replicas of the Golden Horns of Gallehus exhibited at the National Museum of Denmark
The replicas of the Golden Horns of Gallehus exhibited at the National Museum of Denmark
Detail of the runic inscriptions found on one of the copies housed at the Moesgaard Museum.
Detail of the runic inscriptions found on one of the copies housed at the Moesgaard Museum.
The Girl Who Finds The Gold Horn (1906) by Harald Slott-Møller.
The Girl Who Finds The Gold Horn (1906) by Harald Slott-Møller.
Depiction of the horn found AD 1734 on 21 April near the village of Gallehus, in Schackenborg county, not far from the town of Tønder as a peasant was
Depiction of the horn found AD 1734 on 21 April near the village of Gallehus, in Schackenborg county, not far from the town of Tønder as a peasant was digging, at nearly the same place as a similar one was found AD 1639. It is made from a double gold sheet, the outer one of very fine, the inner of inferior gold. It holds one Maß or ... and weighs 7 pounds 14 ounces