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| + | #Redirect [[Langseax]] |
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| − | == Introduction ==
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| − | == With Inlay ==
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| − | |- valign="top" id="Beagnoth"
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| − | |width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_beagnoth.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Beagnoth]]
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| − | |width="600pt"| '''England, London at River Thames near Battersea'''
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| − | :Current Location- British Museum 1857,6-23,1
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| − | :Type- River find – 9th - 10th Century
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| − | :Find Date- 1857?
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| − | :Total Length- 81cm (broken)
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| − | :Blade- Approx. 22"
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| − | :Hilt- None
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| − | :Scabbard- None
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| − | :Bibliography- [BACKHOUSE 1984:p.101-102 no.94] [EVISON 1964:p.30-33] [WILSON 1964:p.144 no.36] [[http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/seax_of_beagnoth.aspx British Museum]]
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| − | |- valign="top" id="Hurbeck"
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| − | |width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_hurbeck.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Hurbeck]]
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| − | |width="600pt"| '''England, Lancaster at Greencroft, Harbuck'''
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| − | :Current Location- British Museum 1912,0723.2
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| − | :Type- Grave find – 9th to early C10th. From a hoard which included a sword of Petersen type L. Hence the date line
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| − | :Find Date- 1912?
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| − | :Total Length- 71.3cm
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| − | :Blade- Approx. 24". Heavily corroded with only the back of the blade surviving. One one side 2 channels and a third groove inlaid with a chevroned strip of copper and copper alloy (bronze) wire parallel to edge. Wilson argues that the two empty channels probably once contained similar inlay. The more corroded reverse side way probably the same.
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| − | :Hilt- traces of wood survive on the possibly intact tang.
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| − | :Scabbard- None
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| − | :Bibliography- [WILSON 1964:p.135-136 no.22] [EVISON 1964: p.33] [[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectId=87253&partId=1 British Museum]]
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| − | |- valign="top" id="Keen Edge Ferry"
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| − | |width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_keen_edge_ferry.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Keen Edge Ferry]]
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| − | |width="600pt"| '''England, London at Keen Edge Ferry'''
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| − | :Current Location- Reading Museum
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| − | :Type- River find
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| − | :Find Date- 1961 August. Dredged from the River Thames
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| − | :Total Length- 45.3cm x 3.9cm. The hilt end of the blade is missing. Evison suggests that the blade was probably another 6cm longer.
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| − | :Blade- Fragmentary. It possibly would have been about 20". The spine is 7mm thick.
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| − | :Hilt- Missing
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| − | :Scabbard- None
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| − | :Bibliography- [EVISON 1964]
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| − | == Without Inlay ==
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| − | |- valign="top" id="Battersea"
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| − | |width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_battersea.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Battersea]]
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| − | |width="600pt"| '''England, London, River Thames near Battersea'''
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| − | :Current Location-
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| − | :Type- River find –
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| − | :Find Date-
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| − | :Total Length-
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| − | :Blade- Approx. 22"
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| − | :Hilt- None
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| − | :Scabbard- None
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| − | |- valign="top" id="Little Bealings"
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| − | |width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_little_bealings.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Little Bealings]]
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| − | |width="600pt"| '''England, '''
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| − | :Current Location-
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| − | :Type- River find –
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| − | :Find Date-
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| − | :Total Length-
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| − | :Blade- Approx. 26"
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| − | :Hilt- None
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| − | :Scabbard- None
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| − | |- valign="top" id="Walthamstow"
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| − | |width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_walthamstow.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Walthamstow]]
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| − | |width="600pt"| '''England, '''
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| − | :Current Location-
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| − | :Type- River find –
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| − | :Find Date-
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| − | :Total Length-
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| − | :Blade- Approx. 14"
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| − | :Hilt- None
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| − | :Scabbard- None
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| − | |- valign="top" id="Unknown"
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| − | |width="100pt"| [[File:langseax_unknown.jpg|thumb|x150px|left|alt=Unknown]]
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| − | |width="600pt"| '''England?, Unknown '''
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| − | :Current Location-
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| − | :Type- River find –
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| − | :Find Date-
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| − | :Total Length- fragment
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| − | :Blade- fragment
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| − | :Hilt- None
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| − | :Scabbard- None
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| − | ==References==
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| − | BACKHOUSE1984
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| − | EVISON1964
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| − | WILSON1964
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| − | </nocite>
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