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Early Medieval Sword (illustration by Jason Gibbons)
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Norfolk County Council, Mary Chester-Kadwell, 2013-06-04 15:58:07
Title
Early Medieval Sword (illustration by Jason Gibbons)
Description
English: Early Saxon copper alloy sword pommel of Holmegard / Kragehul type. A central rectangular block with a rectangular hole for the tangles between two arms that raper gently to rounded terminals. The base is flat. The sides and the tops of the arms and the sides of the block are decorated with rows of flutes or grooves. Those on the upper surface of the arms have mostly been lost through wear. Length 42.5mm. Width 9mm. Height / thickness 5mm. See notes by Helen Geake in descriptions of two examples found in England, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (WMD-916283) and Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk (NMS-C48232). 5th - 6th century.

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Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 425 and 600
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FindID: 552925
Old ref: NMS-6E5600
Filename: 31402_6E5600_ES_Sword_ILL.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/428696
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/428696/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/552925
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Object location52° 31′ 57.36″ N, 1° 13′ 27.66″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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