File:IOW-8D0815 Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Sword Pommel (FindID 514529).jpg

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IOW-8D0815 Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Sword Pommel
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2012-08-01 14:04:20
Title
IOW-8D0815 Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Sword Pommel
Description
English: An incomplete Early Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy silvered sword pommel cap of the 'cocked hat' type (c. AD 400-c 600).

The cap is rectangular in plan and pyramidal in form with sloping corners. It is concave on the underside. At each side the rivet holes are lost due to breaks. Each sloping corner is in the form of a pointed oval groove and each face has several small circular punch marks. One side has a large circular punched dot close to the apex. Due to corrosion, it is unclear whether the opposite side was decorated. This side has transverse rib.

The outer face is mainly covered in decayed silver. All the breaks are old and there is no indication of melting or burning.

Height: 13.04mm; width: 25.57mm; thickness: 12.15mm. Weight: 9.28g.
MacGregor and Bolick (1993, 237) explain that copper-alloy pommel caps are fairly regular embellishments on Anglo-Saxon swords. Often the pommel, often of an organic material, has not survived, but the perforated lugs at either end of the pommel cap, as seen in this example, show that it was riveted to the pommel. The pommel caps were therefore to secure the pommel and to form a decorative terminal and had no role in counterbalancing the weight of the blade as they are light in weight. It is probably fifth or sixth century in date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 400 and 600
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FindID: 514529
Old ref: IOW-8D0815
Filename: IOW2012-1-389.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/390827
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/390827/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/514529
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