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''A pendant roughly shaped like a hammer. Usually worn with the hammer head suspended downwards. ''<br>
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Depictions of Thor’s hammers can be seen on Viking rune stones. They are usually cast but can be cut from sheet, formed from hammered rod or soldered together from chased sheet-silver. Thor’s hammers can be broken into three categories, plain, punch worked or filigree. ([ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992, : p.190)]<br>
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===Loose===
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* England, 1
===Thor’s hammer rings===
Earliest find 750AD. 800s - 1000s with most from the 900s.[JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br><br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
*Scotland, 1 find
Unfortunately Jensen does not supply any information regarding the number of silver Thor’s hammers that fall into Staecker four sub categories. <br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
*England, 1215**Yorkshire, Leconfield. Ornamented with stamped circles (Staecker type 2.1.1) [JENSEN 2010:cat.436]**Yorkshire, Wetwang (Staecker type 1.5) [JENSEN 2010:cat.1403]**Yorkshire, Harrogate. Plain. Found in 2009. [PAS:cat.SWYOR-489283]**Derbyshire, St. Wigstan's. Grave find [JENSEN 2010:cat.427]**Lancashire, Cuerdale. (Staecker type 1.5) [JENSEN 2010:cat.425]**Leicestershire, Swithland. Stamped ornament of squares (Staecker type 2.1.1) [JENSEN 2010:cat.415] [PAS:cat.LEIC-185125]**Lincolnshire, West Lindsey. plain [PAS:cat.DENO-BD00C3] **Essex. Crude loop, plain (Staecker type 1.5) [JENSEN 2010:cat.413]**Norfolk, South Lopham. Stray find. (Staecker type 2.1.1) [JENSEN 2010:cat.418]**Norfolk, Surlinham. Stray find. [MARGESON 1997: 14] (Staecker type 2.1.1) [JENSEN 2010:cat.419]**Norfolk, Great Witchingham. With a gold insert. Stray find. (Staecker type None) [JENSEN 2010:cat.422]**Norfolk. With possible gold foil. Stray find. (Staecker type None) [JENSEN 2010:cat.423]**Norfolk, Sibton. Stray find. [MARGESON 1997: 14] (Staecker type 2.1.1) [JENSEN 2010:cat.424]**Norfolk, Kings Lynn. Found in 2008? [PAS:cat.NMS-A9E816]**London. Engraved X and lines (Staecker type 1.5) [JENSEN 2010:cat.411]Jensen mentions a couple of other finds, one from Cumbria cat.435 and another from an unknown location. He considers both of these to be modern replicas.<br>http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/473580
*Denmark, 25
*Iceland, 1
===... silver, without ornaments===
''Staecker Type 1.5'' [JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br>
Dated by Staecker 800s - 1000s with most coming from the 900s
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===... silver with stamped ornaments===
''Staecker Type 2.1.1'' [JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br>
Dated by Staecker 900s - 1000s.
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Norwich-Thors Hammer-1.JPG|England, Norwich
Norwich-Thors Hammer-2.JPG|England, Norwich
Hedeby Thors hammer.JPG|Denmark, Hedeby
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===... silver with vegetable patterns===
''Staecker Type 2.2'' [JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br>
Dated by Staecker 900s - 1000s.
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===... pressed silver foil===
''Staecker Type 2.3'' [JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br>
Dated by Staecker 900s and probably the 1000s
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==Thor's Hammers of Other Materials== ===... of amber===''Staecker Type 1.2'' [JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br>Dated by Staecker to the C10th (but most examples cannot be dated)<br><br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
*Denmark, 9 finds
*Gotland, 2 finds
'''Discussion'''<br>
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Hedeby Amber Thors hammer.JPG|Hedeby
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===... of copper alloy===''Staecker Type 1.3'' [JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br>Dated by Staecker 700s - 800s. (He also mentions finds from the 'late Viking Age')<br><br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
*England, 4 finds
** Bishopstone, Sussex. Copper alloy, Settlement find [THOMAS 2010:p.106-108 fig.3].
** Kent. Female grave find. Excluded by Jensen [JENSEN 2010:cat.456]
** Kent. Female grave find. Excluded by Jensen [JENSEN 2010:cat.457]
** Kent. Female grave find. Excluded by Jensen [JENSEN 2010:cat.463]
** Kent. Female grave find. Excluded by Jensen [JENSEN 2010:cat.454]
*Denmark, 12 finds
*Sweden, 2 finds
*Gotland, 1 find
'''Discussion'''<br>
Jensen excludes the 4 finds from Kent from his catalog as his does not consider these to be connected to Scandinavian culture [JENSEN 2010:database entry description].<br>
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===... of lead===''Staecker Type 1.4'' [JENSEN 2010:p.72]<br>Dated by Staecker to no later than the 1000s.<br><br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
*England, 2 finds
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===... of gold===
'''Archaeology'''<br>
*Denmark, 1 find
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==Reference==
{{Ref|Arwidsson 1984}}
{{Ref|Jensen 2010}}
{{Ref|Margeson 1997}}
{{Ref|PAS}}
{{Ref|Roesdahl & Wilson 1992}}
{{Ref|Thomas 2010}}
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