Hove amber cup

Hove amber cup

The Hove Amber Cup was discovered in a great round barrow mound which was crudely excavated in 1852, in Hove, East Sussex, England. The barrow was of exceptional size and quality, after the fashion of mid-Bronze Age finds. The Hove Amber Cup is one of only two found in Britain; the other was in Dorset. However, the two are not of the same style of craftsmanship. The Hove Amber Cup was found along with three other kingly objects (a Mycenaean-style bronze dagger, a whetstone, and a celt), all of which together suggest this was the burial of a king who had recently come to occupy a high status in Britain.

External links

* [http://www.gplatt.demon.co.uk/abrief.htm A Brief Human History of Amber]
* [http://www.hove.virtualmuseum.info/ Hove Museum & Art Gallery] - current site of the Hove Amber Cup


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