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Description: | An Anglo-Saxon or Danish sword inscribed with Anglo-Saxon characters. Also a dagger with a wooden handle and an iron spearhead. Found in the river at Kirkstead Wath in 1788. {1}{2}{3}
The City and County Museum accession book describes the sword as being marked +BENVENUTUS+ on one side and +ME FECIT+ on the other.{4} | Temporal: | 650 - 1065 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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