The golden horns

A lost object, preserved through drawings.

The golden horns were made around 400 CE. A maker left an inscription on the shorter horn. The originals were stolen and melted in 1802. The photograph shows later reconstructions, not the lost originals.

The golden horns

Lennart Larsen, Nationalmuseet. CC BY-SA 4.0. Image unchanged. Reconstructions. Original photo. License.

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