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SWORD
Unique ID: NLM-6207E5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy sword handle. Cast pommel and grip from a sword. The pommel is an apparently solid plain conical counterweight with a rounded apical knop. There is a constriction below the pommel, after which the object assumes a four-sided form with a slight waist centrally set relative to its surviving extent; this may have served as a handgrip or may have been clad with an outer layer of wood, bone or antler. The grip ends with a bevelled edge to a rectangular aperture c.13mm across with the fringe of a continuation of similar diameter, mostly lost; this rebate would have received the iron tang of a blade. It is now empty to a depth of 14mm. The simple form of pommel is associated with swords of 3rd-century types. Suggested date: later Roman, 200-300. The good condition of this rare type of object commends it as a 'find of note'.
Length: 91.8mm, Diameter (at pommel): 31.9mm, Weight: 87.21gms.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Grip and Pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 91.8 mm
Weight: 87.21 g
Diameter: 31.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35808
Materials and construction
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: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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