Difference between revisions of "Swords of Type IV found in Britain"

Current Location-

Type- Boat Burial. Late C10th / early C11th

Find date- 2011

Total length- 75cm (fragmentary)

Blade- width 6.46cm

Hilt- Petersen type K (or possibly P). Bronze. Guard decorated with silver and copper alloy. Silver wire separating the 5 lobes. The grip is of bone, antler or ivory with a bronze core.

Scabbard-

Bibliography- [HARRIS, COBB, GRAY and RICHARDSON 2011:p.17, 38]

Comments-

Current Location- Yorkshire Museum

Type-

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Blade- Missing

Hilt- Petersen type K. Whalebone pommel

Scabbard- None

Bibliography- [MacGREGOR 1999:p.1945]

Comments-

Current Location- Returned to finder

Type- Metal Detector

Find date- 1979

Total length-

Blade- half missing

Hilt- Petersen type K.

Scabbard- None

Bibliography- PAS

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Current Location-

Type- River Find

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Total length-

Blade- Point missing 25.5” long

Hilt- Petersen type O or K? Rivet hole hence cap missing. Remaining fragments of oak grip.

Scabbard- Part of an oak? scabbard is also still attached to the blade.

Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.58] [WILSON 1965:p.52 (no.25)]

Comments-

Current Location- British Museum. c.800AD?

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Total length-

Blade- None

Hilt- Gilt silver pommel with nielloed engraved pattern

Scabbard-

Bibliography- [OAKESHOTT 1960:p.136] [DAVIDSON 1962:Pl.III no.b,c] [WHEELER 1927 p.53]

British Museum

Comments- the BM website dates this pommel to the late C8th and Wheeler dates it to c.800AD.

Current Location- Museum of Scotland

Type-

Find date- Given to Museum in 1906.

Total length-

Blade- 6 fragments of blade. Double edged.

Hilt- Petersen type O (Like Petersen fig.104). Part of wooden grip survives.

Scabbard-

Bibliography- [GREIG 1940:p.73,74]

Comments-

Current Location- The Tullie House Museum

Type- Grave find - early C10th

Find date- 1822

Total length-

Blade- Sword deliberately damaged. Bent back twice on itself by heating and hammering.

Hilt- Petersen type O

Scabbard-

Bibliography- [BJORN and SHETELIG 1940:p.19] [EDWARDS 1992:p.45] [RICHARDS 2004:p.191 pl.18] [WILSON 2008:p.52]

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Current Location-

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Hilt- Petersen type O

Scabbard-

Bibliography- iomtoday.co.im

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Current Location- British Museum 1891, 0905 3

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Total length- 753mm

Blade- 630mm. Blade engraved with makers mark, INGELRll. On the reverse engraved with SITANBI or IBNATIS (?)

Hilt- Classed as a Petersen type O by Peirce and as Peteren type Q on the British Museum web site. Missing pommel

Scabbard- Remains of wooden sheath on sword blade.

Bibliography- [PEIRCE 2002:p.90] www.britishmuseum.org

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