马恩岛维京宝藏获认定为珍宝：年代约公元900年，11月11日起在马恩博物馆展出
一批有一千一百年历史的维京文物在马恩岛获得正式认定。金属探测者Daniel Crowe发现的一组维京时代物品已被马恩岛验尸官认定为珍宝（treasure），部分物品自11月11日起在马恩博物馆的维京展厅公开展出。
这组物品年代约为公元900年，相信来自一处维京双人合葬。藏品包括一把装饰华丽的剑、罕见的女性墓葬首饰、装饰精细的维京贸易砝码，以及一件青铜勺与一件斧头。
其中两枚椭圆形胸针饰有交错动物的复杂纹样，这类胸针通常由女性佩戴。据马恩国家遗产机构考古策展人Allison Fox介绍，岛上此前只发现过另一对同类胸针，而新发现的这一对比其早约50年，可能是马恩岛已知最早的维京时代女性墓葬证据。
那把剑是岛上发现的第13把维京剑，现存约三分之二，剑柄带有精细的银丝镶嵌，经X光分析揭示。Fox表示，女性首饰与传统上与男性相关的剑同组出现，提示了双人合葬的可能，砝码则提供了爱尔兰海两岸贸易联系的证据。
Isle of Man Viking Hoard Declared Treasure: Dated to Around AD 900, On Display at Manx Museum From November 11
A group of Viking objects more than 1,100 years old has been formally recognised on the Isle of Man. A collection found by metal detectorist Daniel Crowe has been declared treasure by the Isle of Man Coroner for Inquests, with a selection going on public display in the Viking Gallery at the Manx Museum from November 11.
The objects date to around AD 900 and are believed to come from a double Viking burial. They include an elaborately decorated sword, rare female burial jewellery, intricately decorated Viking trading weights, a bronze ladle and an axehead.
Two oval brooches carry intricate patterns of interlocking animals, a type typically worn by women. According to Allison Fox, curator for archaeology at Manx National Heritage, only one other pair has been found on the island, and the new pair could be about 50 years older, potentially evidence of the earliest known female Viking Age burial on the Isle of Man.
The sword is the thirteenth Viking sword found on the island, with about two thirds surviving, including hilt decoration with fine silver inlay revealed by X-ray analysis. Fox said the presence of jewellery typically associated with women alongside a sword raises the possibility of a double burial, while the weights provide evidence of trade connections across the Irish Sea.
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图片来源：图：位于道格拉斯的马恩博物馆建筑外景，石墙与入口清晰可见。 GSM一线记者 Jeniffer Lin。Otter 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons / Photo: Isle of Man - Douglas - Kingswood Grove - Manx Museum 20240219 addition from 1989. By Otter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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