House-shaped casket of Celtic manufacture, ca. 8th cent. A.D. This casket was most likely a reliquary seized from a Celtic church or monastery and taken back to Norway as loot. Runes incised on the bottom read, "Ranvaik owns this casket". Construction is thin plates of a copper alloy over a box made of very thin yew-wood.House-shaped casket of Celtic manufacture, ca. 8th cent. A.D. This casket was most likely a reliquary seized from a Celtic church or monastery and taken back to Norway as loot. Runes incised on the bottom read, "Ranvaik owns this casket". Construction is thin plates of a copper alloy over a box made of very thin yew-wood.
House-shaped casket of Celtic manufacture, ca. 8th cent. A.D. This casket was most likely a reliquary seized from a Celtic church or monastery and taken back to Norway as loot. Runes incised on the bottom read, "Ranvaik owns this casket". Construction is thin plates of a copper alloy over a box made of very thin yew-wood.