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Early medieval sword pommel
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Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Faye Minter, 2007-05-25 10:37:50
Title
Early medieval sword pommel
Description
English: CURATOR'S REPORT

An incomplete silver? Anglo-Saxon pommel of 'cocked hat' type.

Description of find

Part of an early medieval sword pommel, silver, parcel gilt. Large parts of the pommel seem to have got torn away in antiquity. The silver pommel is decorated with three parallel, gilt ridges framing its lower edge and with two gilt slashes on its side. Remains of gilding are also visible around the two rivet sleeves in which the side of the pommel terminates.

Discussion

This shape of 'cocked hat' pommel is a good example of Menghin's sword pommels of type Beckum-Vallstenarum (Menghin 1983, 67ff), dated to around AD 600. Fischer and Soulat categorise pommels of the Nr. Woodbridge form as type Bifrons-Gilton à échancrures and have mapped examples with this typical slashed decoration on the sides (Fischer s.a. Carte 13). English finds are known from several sites in Kent, while there are further examples from both Germany and France.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 550 and 650
Accession number
FindID: 180489
Old ref: SF-DB2F43
Filename: SF-DB2F43.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/139299
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/139299/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/180489
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