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SWORD
Unique ID: LEIC-9E67F6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Late early medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy sword pommel, 54mm long, 26mm high and 18mm wide. The object is in good condition and weighs 59.12grams. The pommel is sub triangular in form with a rounded base and sub rectangular in section. It is a tri-lobed type and is complete. It consists of a central sub hexagonal section which has a rounded upper surface containing a small rectangular hole for the tang. Either side of this is a smaller sub rectangular area, again with a rounded upper surface, and each side termintaes in a sub triangular protrusion. The object has a shiny silver like surface, suggesting a high tin content. The Pommel fits Petersen's type L and is a fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian styles.
Class: pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Exactly AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 59.12 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: South Derbyshire (District)
Parish or ward: Newton Solney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2624
Four figure Latitude: 52.81292189
Four figure longitude: -1.61569598
1:25K map: SK2624
1:10K map: SK22SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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