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Description: | A complete copper-alloy pommel from a sword measuring 52.5mm in width, 23mm in length and 19mm in thickness. The base of the pommel is curved and it has five curved lobes, increasing in height towards the centre. The central lobe has an oval perforation, 8mm by 6mm in size, to allow it to fit over the tang of the sword; there are hammer marks around the perforation where the tang has been hammered down to fix it in place. At the base of the pommel the perforation flares out to become an oval hollow; only the side lobes are completely solid, and the underside of these are neatly filed smooth and flat. The pommel is in good condition, but small patches of light green corrosion are visible. There are no rivets and the pommel was presumably held in place simply by the hammered tang. Late early medieval pommels (Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian) were last throughly studied by Petersen 1919. This one is a Petersen L type VI pommel, a fusion of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian fashions, it dates from the 10th or 11th century. Similar pommels have been found at Ely, Cambs, and Tostock, Suffolk,
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