Matt Bunker
medicusmatt.bsky.social
Matt Bunker
@medicusmatt.bsky.social
A gentleman antiquarian much in need of a patron.
The best thing about having an artefact in your hands is being able to turn it around & look at it from all angles.
This view of the base of the Cricklade pommel cap allows us to see that the gold filigree decoration was applied to a thin gold outer sheath that covered the copper alloy cap beneath.
October 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Gig night last night at the Jam Jar in Bristol with the mighty @joquailcello.bsky.social
As beautiful and powerful in this tiny space as she is in huge concert halls.

Support from local act "Dead Space Chamber Music".
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
March 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not a purse mount, the two copper alloy mounts were fitted to a leather case which contained a set of scales and weights.
Photo shows the find in situ and the link takes you to some images of a reconstruction that I own.
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January 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Lovely buckle from Grave 115, Gieising, Southern Munich. Iron buckle with silver inlay and a silver buckle plate with niello inlay. 7th century.
December 2, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Garter strap ends, silver, from a female tomb (#49) at the Basilica of St Denis. Late 6th century (one is genuine, the other a repro). They seemingly depict Heiðrún, the goat that eats the foliage of the tree Lædaðr & produces mead for the einherjar & Veðrfölnir the hawk that sits in the tree.
November 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
A late 6th century buckle of silver with a runic inscription, found in a male weapon burial at Pforzen, Bavaria.
Simmons translates the inscription as "Aigil and Alrun fought the entire war-band" which reflects the scene on the Franks casket in which we see Ægil and his wife under siege.
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM