Coppergate Helmet
Recreation of the Anglian helmet found in 1982 at the Coppergate dig.
The decorated brass strips, which run across from nape to nose and from ear to ear, bore an inscription which can be translated from the Latin as:
In the name of our Lord Jesus the Holy Spirit God the Father and with all we pray. Amen. OSHERE XPI.
Oshere is an Anglo-Saxon personal name and XPI are the first three letters of Christ in Greek. The nasal and the edge of the eyebrows are elaborately decorated with interlaced animal motifs of a very high-quality craftsmanship...The form of the inscriptions and the style of the animal interlace on the Coppergate helmet help to fix its date to around 750–775.
[York Archaeology website]
Coppergate Helmet
Recreation of the Anglian helmet found in 1982 at the Coppergate dig.
The decorated brass strips, which run across from nape to nose and from ear to ear, bore an inscription which can be translated from the Latin as:
In the name of our Lord Jesus the Holy Spirit God the Father and with all we pray. Amen. OSHERE XPI.
Oshere is an Anglo-Saxon personal name and XPI are the first three letters of Christ in Greek. The nasal and the edge of the eyebrows are elaborately decorated with interlaced animal motifs of a very high-quality craftsmanship...The form of the inscriptions and the style of the animal interlace on the Coppergate helmet help to fix its date to around 750–775.
[York Archaeology website]