Email received this morning from Sonja Marzinzik who is Curator of Insular Medieval Collections apologising for the endless delays to the Treasure report on the gold fragment I found last year.
She has explained this is mainly due because the little fragment is rather unusual and has presented a puzzle to the Museum staff.
Lesley Webster , the keeper of the Department and an Anglo-Saxonist, asked David Parsons from the Institute of Name Studies to take a look at the object and see what he thinks of the runes.
The Museum are now in the process of looking at the various suggestions as to what the runes on the object could mean.
Sonja hopes that the report will be ready any day now
I have also emailed her back enclosing Dr Gaby Waxenburgers thoughts in case they havent seen those too.
Corinne Mills
OpenCalais helped to tag this with: British Museum • Corinne Mills • David Parsons • Gaby Waxenburgers • Institute of Name Studies • Lesley Webster • Sonja Marzinzik
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