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Early medieval sword pommel
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Derby Museums Trust, Alastair Willis, 2017-08-11 10:36:37
Title
Early medieval sword pommel
Description
English: A copper alloy pommel from either a sword or a seax of early medieval date. The object is of late lobed form, probably of 10th or 11th century date. The base, which curves 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 circular aperture at the apex of the pommel which accommodated the protruding sword tang. The exterior is decorated with a central lobe flanked on each side with smaller lobes and long terminal knops.

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.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Derbyshire
Date between 900 and 1100
Accession number
FindID: 832527
Old ref: DENO-D7D52E
Filename: DENOD7D52E.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/625777
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/625777/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/832527
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 30 November 2020)
Object location53° 16′ 28.56″ N, 1° 50′ 22.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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