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Beowulf is
one of the oldest and great poems written in old English. It was
composed about twelve hundred years ago, in the first half of the eighth
century. The author is unknown he may have been a native of what
was then Mercia, the Midlands of England today. although the late tenth-century manuscript, which
alone preserves the poem, originated in the south in the kingdom
of the West Saxons" (Abrams 21). In 1731 the original manuscript
was seriously damaged in the fire. As a result some lines were deteriorated
and lost from the poem.Bibliography
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The images below were discovered at Sutton Hoo burial:
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 Iron helmet |
 Shoulder-clasps |
 Sceptre |
Decoration on the bowl |
The lid of a purse |
 Gold belt buckle |
 Wooden bottle |
 Bowl |
 a cup or a goblet |
 Copper bowl |
 Horns |
Bowl |
 Two Spoons |
Abrams, M.H. "Beowulf." The Norton Anthology: English Literature. 6th ed. New York: W W Norton & Company, 1993. 21.
