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ALTAR CROSS
Unique ID: STAFFS-6D19D7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A strip of gold from the arm of an altar cross, with an inscription on both faces. Animal head terminal at one end, other ends in a setting. The inscription reads:
'surge d[omi]ne [et] disepentur (for dissipentur) inimici tui et fugent (for fugiant) qui oderunt te a facie tua'
or translated as:
'rise up, o Lord, and may thy enemies be scattered and those who hate thee be driven from thy face'
The inscription is filled with niello paste.
Inscription:
surge d[omi]ne [et] disepentur (for dissipentur) inimici tui et fugent (for fugiant) qui oderunt te a facie tua
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 89.5 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 80 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC 0023
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
To be known as: Staffordshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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