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SWORD
Unique ID: NLM-C65791
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper Alloy Sword Pommel. Cast hollow pommel of average thickness 3.5mm with an apical sub-rectangular hole to engage the end of a sword tang, and a sub-rectangular rebate on the underside at either end, presumably engaging with either the handle or grip, or a separate base for the pommel. The object is flat-based, in this resembling Ward-Perkins' 'cocked hat' Type 1, but with five gently defined lobes. The overall form would suit an Anglo-Scandinavian date, though aspects of Viking styles were persistent in Danelaw counties, and a lobed form occurs on medieval pommels. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medieval, 950-1150.
Height: 26.8mm, Width: 67.8mm, Thickness (overall): 22.7mm, Weight: 77.34gms.
Class: Pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 950
Date to: Circa AD 1150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 26.8 mm
Width: 67.8 mm
Thickness: 22.7 mm
Weight: 77.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 30th March 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16145a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: High Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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