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Record ID: STAFFS-6D19D7
Object type: ALTAR CROSS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: 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.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.
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