From Sky News:
The artefact is thought to relate to a Christian church or religious community and has a Latin inscription written in gold which translates as "Bishop Hyguald had me made".
Dr Martin Goldberg, from National Museums Scotland (NMS), said: "The rock crystal jar is one of the highlight objects from the Galloway Hoard.
"From the beautiful rock crystal itself, originally carved in the form of a classical Corinthian column 2,000 years ago, to the incredibly intricate gold decoration added hundreds of years later and including a clear inscription identifying its owner, this one object exemplifies the complex, connected and historic nature of the Galloway Hoard." (Read more.)
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