拍品專文
Fabricated of silver sheet, this plate once adorned a scabbard, with the body likely in iron. The upper portion is ornamented with section of openwork sliver overlay in the opus interrasile technique consisting of connected hooks, wheels, and tall arches.
Related scabbard plates with openwork ornament, most usually in bronze, have been excavated at Goeblingen-Nospelt, Luxembourg (see no. 147 in H. Löhr, et al., Trier: Augustusstadt der Treverer and no. 312 in R. and V. Megaw, Celtic Art: From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells). Creases along its length may indicate that the now-missing sword and scabbard were ritually bent before being dedicated at a sanctuary (for other examples of ritually bent swords, see pp. 364-365 in V. Kruta, et al., The Celts).
Related scabbard plates with openwork ornament, most usually in bronze, have been excavated at Goeblingen-Nospelt, Luxembourg (see no. 147 in H. Löhr, et al., Trier: Augustusstadt der Treverer and no. 312 in R. and V. Megaw, Celtic Art: From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells). Creases along its length may indicate that the now-missing sword and scabbard were ritually bent before being dedicated at a sanctuary (for other examples of ritually bent swords, see pp. 364-365 in V. Kruta, et al., The Celts).