Template:Sword Indexs
Wheeler K, Petersen K
Frankish, 790 to 890AD
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Scotland, Highland, Ardnamurchan, Swordle Bay
- 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-
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England, York Coppergate (K)
- Current Location- Yorkshire Museum
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade- Missing
- Hilt- Petersen type K. Whalebone pommel
- Scabbard- None
- Bibliography- [MacGREGOR 1999:p.1945]
- Comments-
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England, Essex, Colchester
- Current Location- Returned to finder
- Type- Metal Detector
- Find date- 1979
- Total length-
- Blade- half missing
- Hilt- Petersen type K.
- Scabbard- None
- Bibliography- PAS
- Comments-
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England, Berkshire, River Kennet, Reading
- Current Location-
- Type- River Find
- Find date-
- 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-
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England, London, Fetter Lane
- Current Location- British Museum. c.800AD?
- Type-
- Find date-
- 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.
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Wheeler IV, Petersen O
Frankish, 890 to 950AD
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Scotland, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Eriskay
- 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-
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England, Cumbria, Hesket-in-Forest
- 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]
- Comments-
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Isle of Man, Type O Pommel
- Current Location-
- Type-
- Find date-
- Total length-
- Blade-
- Hilt- Petersen type O
- Scabbard-
- Bibliography- iomtoday.co.im
- Comments-
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England, London, River Thames, Kew
- Current Location- British Museum 1891, 0905 3
- Type-
- Find date-
- 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
- Comments-
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References
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ADAMS1974
ANDERSON1872
ANDERSON1879
BERSU1966
BIDDLE1992
BIDDLE1997
BIGSBY1854
BJORN1940
DAVIDSON1962
EDWARDS1992
EDWARDS1998
GRAHAM-CAMPBELL2004
GRIEG1940
HARRIS2011
HEATH1984
LAKING1920
MARGESEN1997
MacGREGOR1999
OAKESHOTT1960
OAKESHOTT1962
OAKESHOTT1991
OTTAWAY1992
OWEN1999
PEIRCE2002
PENNANT1776
RICHARDS1995
RICHARDS2004
ROESDAHL1981
ROGERS1993
THOMPSON2004
WATKIN1986
WILSON1964
WILSON1965
WILSON2008
WHEELER1927
YOUNG1984
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