Posts: 43 Location: Norway
Mon 04 Nov, 2019 6:14 pm
Who did you speak to and what are they saying?
Thank you for posting that link: "Anglo-Saxon Inscribed Sheaths from Aachen, Dublin and Trondheim." That was an interesting read.
The sheats from Aachen, Dublin and Trondheim have all two very telling things in common. Their style av sheath is very similar. Different ornamentation but done in similar style. The inscription on all the sheats is Anglo Saxon letters.
There has been 20 sheats found, made in similar way:
7 in York, England
5 in London, England
2 in Glouchester, England
2 in Trondheim, Norway
1 in Lund, Sweden
1 in Aachen, Germany
1 in Dublin, Ireland
1 in Hexham, England
Now only 3 of these had Anglo-Saxon lettering showing on the sheats. Many where broken and therefore we will never know.
I also read a source mentioned in the study called in norwegian: "Trondheims fortid i bygrunnen" Meaning "Trondheim`s city ground past". It is about the 2 found Trondheim sheats as it was described by the norwegian archaeologist who analysed them. They said and agreed that it was a foreign import. There where two archaeologist named Petersen and K.Rygh who tought it was from the early 10th century, and from the Frankish Carolingian Empire but that has later been redated from G.Gall to be from late 10th century and an Anglo-Saxon work.
So what to think about all this?
My goal with this
seax was to continue the 10th century viking kit i am trying to assemble. I am not sure how this will fit in with that. If this sheath and seax was carried by an 10th century norsemen who had aquired it from Dublin or York it is fine. But that is very hard to determine.