It was quite a challenge for conservators to lift this almost complete object without damage. Fortunately, enough of the wood survived to hold the decorated mounts in place until conservation work could be done.
A remarkable wooden box lid was found in the wet soils of Coppergate,
associated with a wooden building which stood on the site just before
the Norman Conquest. It is
about 34cm long and 14cm wide, and the entire top surface is covered
with strips of decorated bone.
Find number 1976.7, 3572; catalogue number 6964. Length 336mm, width 143mm, thickness 7.1mm. For more information see The Archaeology of York 17/12, Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York by A. MacGregor, A.J. Mainman and N.S.H. Rogers.
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