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SWORD
Unique ID: WILT-3B5642
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy medieval spherical sword pommel, dating to the period AD 1100-1400. The pommel is spherical, with two broadly square openings, the smaller on top measuring 7.45mm width and length, and the larger at the base measuring 11.14mm in length and 9.34mm in width. The top of the handle/tang would have fitted through these openings. It is 17.74mm in height, 24.38mm wide and weighs 13.36g. The pommel has a rough patina, and is mostly dark brown in colour, with patches of light green. In the "London Museum Medieval Catalogue", Ward Perkins (1940: pp. 21-38) has introduced a classification for sword pommels. Following this system, the pommel described in this record is a spherical pommel (Type VI), which Ward Perkins states are in use in the 12th century and survive into the 14th century.
Class: Pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 17.74 mm
Width: 24.38 mm
Weight: 13.36 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5156
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kington St. Michael (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8975
Four figure Latitude: 51.47385335
Four figure longitude: -2.15976825
1:25K map: ST8975
1:10K map: ST87NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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