Galloway Hoard “Carolingian vessel” is actually Persian – The History Blog

The exceptional silver lidded vessel in the Viking hoard discovered in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that was initially thought to be of Carolingian origin was instead created in Persia during the Sasanian Empire (224 to 651 A.D.). A careful cleaning and metallurgic analysis revealed that the pot travelled thousands of miles to end up crammed with Viking loot and buried in southern Scotland..