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title: Anglo-Saxon Drinking Horn
author: British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22242/anglo-saxon-drinking-horn/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-10-08
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# Anglo-Saxon Drinking Horn
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/22242.png)
## Image Caption
A reconstructed Anglo-[Saxon](https://www.worldhistory.org/Saxons/) drinking horn with [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) gilt decoration. 6th-7th century. Found at Taplow, Buckinghamshire, [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/).
The British Museum.
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Museum, B. (2026, October 08). Anglo-Saxon Drinking Horn. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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