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From Traprain Law, East Lothian

Silver flask
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This silver flask was found at Traprain Law in East Lothian. It was part of a hoard containing over 150 silver objects, mainly tableware, buried between 410 and 425 AD.

The partly gilded flask has niello decoration around the neck and on the fluted sections of the body. It is lacking a base and part of the rim. Both the gilding and niello have been restored.

All the silver in the large Traprain Law hoard was treated as scrap, with virtually all of it cut up and bent over. It probably represents payment to ensure the loyalty of a friendly chief, but other theories include payment for warriors or loot.

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