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title: Body Chain Detail, Hoxne Hoard
author: Mike Peel
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5511/body-chain-detail-hoxne-hoard/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Body Chain Detail, Hoxne Hoard

_Authored by Mike Peel_

## Image File

[![Body Chain Detail, Hoxne Hoard](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5511.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5511.jpg)

## Image Caption

A detail of the central jewelled [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) body chain of the Hoxne Hoard, Suffolk, 4th-5th century.

The British Museum, London.

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, [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/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. The central stone of this body chain is amethyst and it is surrounded by garnets. The empty settings once probably held pearls which have since decayed.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Peel, M. (2016, August 23). Body Chain Detail, Hoxne Hoard. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5511/body-chain-detail-hoxne-hoard/>
### Chicago
Peel, Mike. "Body Chain Detail, Hoxne Hoard." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 23, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5511/body-chain-detail-hoxne-hoard/>.
### MLA
Peel, Mike. "Body Chain Detail, Hoxne Hoard." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Aug 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5511/body-chain-detail-hoxne-hoard/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoxne_Hoard_body_chain_detail.jpg) by [**Mike Peel**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoxne_Hoard_body_chain_detail.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 23 August 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.