Hove amber cup

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The Hove amber cup is a Bronze Age cup that was discovered in a great round barrow mound which was crudely excavated in 1852, in Hove, East Sussex, England,.[1] during the construction of Palmeira Square. The barrow was of exceptional size and quality, after the fashion of mid-Bronze Age finds. The Hove amber cup is one of only two found in Britain; the other was in Dorset. However, the two are not of the same style of craftsmanship.

Dated to around 1250 BCE, the amber cup was found in a Wessex culture grave in a coffin made from a treetrunk. Also in the coffin were a skeleton, a Camerton (Wessex culture) type dagger, a whetstone and a small axe.[2]

The cup is looked after by Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.

References

  1. ↑ The Hove amber cup
  2. ↑ Harding, A. F. (2000). European Societies in the Bronze Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0521367295. 

Coordinates: 50°49′45.72″N 0°10′52.97″W / 50.8293667°N 0.1813806°W / 50.8293667; -0.1813806

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