The holiday weekend resulted in some closed galleries at the British Museum, but I was able to get some photos in the Viking era gallery, and a few others that included scattered swords from other exhibits. As with the other threads, I will add a few images per day. First up is a nice 10th century seax. Please enjoy and discuss!

Jonathan

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How about another seax? This one is also 10th century:

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Today's images are of the 'Fulham' sword:

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Today's images are of an unlabeled ballock dagger with two scabbards. Any thoughts on dating this example or any other commentary is welcome.

Jonathan

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Very interesting copper or bronze (?) work on the ballock grip.

Today we have a sword from Grave C, Dover, Kent. Is there any way to more specfically date this sword than to say 6th-7th centuries?

Thanks,
Jonathan

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