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[edit]| Early-medieval Sword: Sword pommel | |||
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Oxfordshire County Council, Anni Byard, 2012-02-16 13:32:08 |
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| Title |
Early-medieval Sword: Sword pommel |
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| Description |
English: A complete hollow cast copper-alloy sword pommel dating to the late Early-Medieval period. The pommel is broadly triangular in plan and is of 'lobed' form. It consists of five curved lobes that increase in size towards the centre. The central lobe has a sub-circular shaped aperture through which the tang of the sword would have originally passed. The underside of the object has an elongated oval opening. The base curves upwards towards the outer edges with the two rounded outer lobes being solid in form while the others are hollow. There are no rivets on the pommel, which suggests it was held in place simply by the hammered tang.
This is a sword pommel of late Early-Medieval date and of probable Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian origin. The current example appears to belong to Petersen's (1919) L type VI pommels, a fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian fashions, it dates from the 10th or 11th century. The only other Early-medieval pommel from Berkshire was found near White Waltham. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) West Berkshire | ||
| Date | between 900 and 1100 | ||
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FindID: 488745 Old ref: BERK-A7A6C1 Filename: 2011651.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/370425 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/370425/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/488745 |
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