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Elfenbeinsitula des Aschener Domschatz
Ivory Situlae of Aachen Cathedral, c.1000AD

Black and white detail images of the lower register.









Source: Weihwassergefäß Ottos III. Bildindex.
Situlae
Lotharingia, by 1000 or soon after, or possibly after 1024
Ivory
Height: 17.7 cm, Diameter top: 12.5 cm
Aachen Cathedral Treasury
Inv. Grimme No. 26



Ottonian Heavy Cavalry in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath, based on the Elfenbeinsitula in the Cathedral of Aachen
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