Assertion: hoard | /r/HasProperty | buried as offering
Facets:
value: probably
type: DEGREE
value: to the gods
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in his expert opinion
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In his expert opinion, the hoard was either buried as an offering to the gods, perhaps as a means of showing the Mercian pagan deities were stronger than the Christian one; or it was a buried treasure that got lost or somehow could not be retrieved.
text: These were probably buried with the intention to be recovered at a later time.