SWORD

Unique ID: SF-6F5612

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete copper-alloy sword or dagger pommel. Cylindrical in shape measuring 57mm in length, 46.2mm in width and 37mm in thickness. There is an oval shaped perforation running through the pommel which is larger and oval shaped at one end but smaller and more rectangular in shape at the other. The pomel has two opposing moulded projections at the end with the rectangular shaped perforation, which resemble downwards curving leaves. All faces are decorated with diagonal grooves inbetween which there are transverse ridges and grooves with short vertical grooves inbetween these. This pommel is most likely to be late medieval in date.

Class: pommel

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1540

Dimensions and weight

Length: 57 mm
Width: 46.2 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight: 45.3 g
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Faye Minter - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Faye Minter - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Waveney
To be known as: Covehithe

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined[scope notes]

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