File:Early-medieval sword, Sword pommel cap (FindID 622580).jpg

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Early-medieval sword: Sword pommel cap
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Oxfordshire County Council, Anni Byard, 2014-06-17 13:10:02
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Early-medieval sword: Sword pommel cap
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) sword pommel cap of 'cocked hat' type, dating to c. AD 400-600.
The cap is rectangular in plan and pyramidal in form with sloping corners. It is concave on the underside. At each side the longer sections are now broken and lost but would have extended and housed rivet holes to secure the cap to the top of the pommel. No decoration can be seen on the pommel cap. Copper-alloy pommel caps are fairly regular embellishments on Anglo-Saxon swords (MacGregor and Bolick 1993:237). Pommel caps were to secure the pommel and to form a decorative terminal. It is probably fifth or sixth century in date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Berkshire
Date between 400 and 600
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FindID: 622580
Old ref: BERK-EF739A
Filename: 2014069.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/473082
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/473082/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/622580
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