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Early Early Medieval sword pommel.
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Norfolk County Council, Erica Darch, 2011-01-12 11:19:37
Title
Early Early Medieval sword pommel.
Description
English: An incomplete silver gilt sword pommel cap of 'cocked-hat' or concave-sided pyramid type. The profile has flat upper and lower edges (height 17mm). A longitudinal hollow on the broken underside contains traces of corroded solder. The surviving upper face is decorated with two deep pointed-oval grooves containing gilding, with an additional groove (also gilded) along the inside edge of both. The surviving end has twin projecting lugs both with dome-headed silver rivets (length 8mm). One face has three horizontal grooves bordering the lower edge, the other face has four grooves, each of which contains traces of gilding. The surface of the silver, probably originally gilded overall, is of a dull grey appearance, and the rivets are partly molten, indicating that the object has been subjected to secondary heating or burning. This form of pommel belongs to a group of 6th-century Anglo-Saxon swords that have a predominantly Kentish distribution.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 500 and 600
Accession number
FindID: 423950
Old ref: NMS-C91286
Filename: 2011_T20.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/311658
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/311658/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/423950
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