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title: Hoxne Hoard Pepper Pot
author: Helen Simonsson
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5508/hoxne-hoard-pepper-pot/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Hoxne Hoard Pepper Pot
_Authored by Helen Simonsson_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5508.jpg)
## Image Caption
Items from the Hoxne Hoard including the 7.5 cm high [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) [pepper](https://www.worldhistory.org/Pepper/) pot known as the 'Empress' pepper pot. Discovered in Suffolk, in the east of [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/) in 1992 CE, the incredible collection contains 14,865 late-4th and early-5th century CE [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/), silver and [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) coins, and 200 items of silver tableware and gold jewellery. The hoard amounts to a total of 7.7lb of gold and 52.4 lb of silver. (British Museum, London)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Simonsson, H. (2016, August 23). Hoxne Hoard Pepper Pot. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Simonsson, Helen. "Hoxne Hoard Pepper Pot." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 23, 2016. .
### MLA
Simonsson, Helen. "Hoxne Hoard Pepper Pot." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Aug 2016, .
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