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Description: "Found in the huge double barrow in which the heathen king Gorm the Old, founder of the Danish monarchy (c. 900-936), and his Christian wife Thyra, were buried side by side at Jelling at Jutland. [...] The cup is of silver, gilt inside, and ornamented with an old half mythological pattern of twisted snakes and fantastic animals."
Title: Gorm silver cup
Credit: Green, J. R. (1902) A Short History of the English People
Permission: PD due to age
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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