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Early medieval copper-alloy sword pommel
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Tom Brindle, 2011-01-10 14:19:27
Title
Early medieval copper-alloy sword pommel
Description
English: A broken cast copper-alloy sword pommel of early medieval date, probably dating from the 10th or 11th centuries AD. The pommel is of lobed form, with a central lobe which contains the irregularly shaped sub-oval aperture through which the tang of the handle would pass. This central lobe would have been flanked by two smaller lobes, each with terminal knops on the side. However, only one side is intact. On the remaining side the base of the pommel curves up at the end towards these knop. The pommel is open at the base, and the aperture is lozenge shaped. It is worn and only parts of the original surface remain, the rest having deteriorated through corrosion. The original surface of the metal has a smooth deep green patina, brown in places, whilst the corroded parts are a rougher paler green. The pommel measures 23.6 mm high, 34.4 mm long, 14.84 mm thick and weighs 25.2 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 900 and 1100
Accession number
FindID: 423505
Old ref: WMID-B14534
Filename: WMID-B14534.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/311309
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/311309/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/423505
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Object location52° 41′ 17.52″ N, 1° 41′ 05.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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