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Early Medieval Sword Pommel
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Charlotte Burrill, 2014-03-14 15:57:38
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Early Medieval Sword Pommel
Description
English: A complete copper-alloy sword pommel of Early Medieval date, circa AD 900 - 1100. The pommel is broadly triangular in plan, hollowed internally and has a sub-circular perforation at the apical knob through which the tang of the sword would have originally passed. The pommel consists of five hollow curved lobes which decrease in size from the central and largest lobe outwards. No rivets are present on the pommel which suggests it was held in place simply by the hammered tang.

The metal has a mid-light green patina and is worn.

This example appears to belong to Petersen's (1919) type L VI pommels, which are a fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian fashions. As such it can be dated to the Early Medieval period, circa the 10th or 11th century.
Numerous similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database such as BERK-A7A6C1, YORYM-245F64 NCL-6ACEB3 and SWYOR-7CBF81.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Derbyshire
Date between 900 and 1100
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FindID: 606754
Old ref: DENO-326C57
Filename: E7705_Sword_Pommel.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/460675
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/460675/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/606754
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