File:Early Medieval copper-alloy sword pommel (FindID 278419).jpg
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[edit]Early Medieval copper-alloy sword pommel | |||
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Tom Brindle, 2009-11-26 13:05:34 |
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Title |
Early Medieval copper-alloy sword pommel |
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Description |
English: An Early Medieval, Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy sword pommel of late lobed form, probably of 10th or 11th century date. It is hollow and cast. The base, which curves upwards at the ends, would have rested upon a concave pommel bar. The interior of the pommel has an oval opening at the base and converging sides towards the oval aperture at the apex of the pommel which held the protruding sword tang. The exterior is decorated with five lobes with domed ends that taper towards the broad end where the handle was attached. The central lobe is the largest at 21.6 mm at its widest point, flanked by two lobes of approximately 9.5 mm at the widest point, which are in turn flanked by two lobes of approximately 8.5 mm at the widest point. Viewed in plan, the central lobe is circular, with the flanking lobes semicircular, nested in descending size against it. At the base the pommel measures 53.7 across and is 26.9 mm in height. It is 16.7 mm thick. One side is damaged, with approximately one third of the side missing from the base up. This form is considered to be of English origin (Davidson 1962, 55-6), but is called "Viking" and "of late Viking style" by Oakeshott (1991, 78 and 81). Late early-medieval pommels (Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian) were last thoroughly studied by Petersen in 1919. This one is a Petersen L type VI pommel, a fusion of Anglo-Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon fashions, and dates to the 10th or 11th century. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Leicestershire | ||
Date | between 900 and 1100 | ||
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FindID: 278419 Old ref: NARC-E7AAF4 Filename: medieval pommel copy.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/230307 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/230307/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/278419 |
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Object location | 52° 36′ 17.64″ N, 1° 31′ 54.16″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 52.604900; -1.531710 |
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Horizontal resolution | 180 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 180 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows |
File change date and time | 11:35, 26 November 2009 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 2,598 px |
Image height | 2,862 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 11:35, 26 November 2009 |
Date metadata was last modified | 11:35, 26 November 2009 |