Sword fragment and hilt (The Abingdon Sword)

Details

• Title

  Sword fragment and hilt (The Abingdon Sword)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Vale of the White Horse › Abingdon parish (probably Buggs Mill (New Cut Mill)) (find spot)

• Date

  Late Anglo-Saxon Period (Britain) (AD 850 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  iron, niello, silver, nielloed, pattern-welded

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › niello;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  nielloed;

  welded › pattern-welded

• Object type

  arms/armour › weapon › sword

• Dimensions

  31.5 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir John Evans, 1890.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 41 | England 400 - 1600

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1890.14

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