Record ID: LEIC-E45DE0
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver gilt sword pommel cap, 53mm long, 20mm high and 16mm wide, with a weight of 20.1g. The pommel cap is pyramidal in form, a shape widely referred to as 'cocked hat' in academic literature. It has two broad faces (front and back) and two 'shoulders' which curve downwards from the peak to a straight terminal. Each terminal has two projecting rivet-tubes (4mm high and 5mm diameter), three empty and one with a silver dome-headed rivet in situ. The pommel cap is hollow and has a patch of iron concretion near the base on the inside of one broad face, p…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.