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B. Fulton
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 Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: Seaxes, Sutton Hoo and similar period pieces. |
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Iron Sax, 10th century, from the River Thames at Battersea. Inlaid in bronze and brass and a man's name, Beagnoth (presumably the owner). From the British Museum.
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B. Fulton
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: |
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From RA Leeds, a langsax.
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Jeremy V. Krause
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Thanks so much for these great pictures,
Your picture of the Battersea seax gives sufficient detail to commission a close replica- but that will be some time off.
Thanks again!
Jeremy.
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B. Fulton
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I neglected to add the Sutton Hoo shield pics.
Here they are:
Enjoy!
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B. Fulton
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| Posted: Sun 18 May, 2008 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Among the other related period weaponry from the British Museum:
A silver-inlaid iron axe, apparently from Germany.
Shown next to another unlabeled (that i could find) iron sax for size comparison.
And a closeup of the blade:
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Myles Mulkey
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Sorry to bring this back but I have a question about item 38 in these pics (the little bent over thing to the left of the axe). What is it, and what did it do? It looks as though it were intentionally bent, but I still have no idea what that means. 
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Nathan Robinson
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| Myles Mulkey wrote: | | Sorry to bring this back but I have a question about item 38 in these pics (the little bent over thing to the left of the axe). What is it, and what did it do? It looks as though it were intentionally bent, but I still have no idea what that means. |
Here you go.
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Bronze mount from the mouth of a sax-sheath, Style II decoration.
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Petteri Heino
Location: Hameenlinna, Finland Joined: 26 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue 26 Aug, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Seaxes, Sutton Hoo and similar period pieces. |
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| B. Fulton wrote: |
Iron Sax, 10th century, from the River Thames at Battersea. Inlaid in bronze and brass and a man's name, Beagnoth (presumably the owner). From the British Museum.
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I got curious about the runes on this one. I can read B EA G N O but the last rune escapes me. That's not, however, what I'm wondering. It's all the other runes. To me it seems as though they are just Anglo-Saxon runes listed. The 'j' is a little vague and the 'eo' seems to be mirrored but other than that they're like having abcdefg... on the blade.
Does the description of the sax in the museum tell anything more about the runes?
Thanks,
Pete
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Nathan Robinson
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| Posted: Tue 26 Aug, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Seaxes, Sutton Hoo and similar period pieces. |
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| Petteri Heino wrote: | | B. Fulton wrote: |
Iron Sax, 10th century, from the River Thames at Battersea. Inlaid in bronze and brass and a man's name, Beagnoth (presumably the owner). From the British Museum.
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I got curious about the runes on this one. I can read B EA G N O but the last rune escapes me. That's not, however, what I'm wondering. It's all the other runes. To me it seems as though they are just Anglo-Saxon runes listed. The 'j' is a little vague and the 'eo' seems to be mirrored but other than that they're like having abcdefg... on the blade.
Does the description of the sax in the museum tell anything more about the runes? |
That seax has been discussed in deail on the forum a few times including In This Other Topic.
(the museum description does not mention the runes -- these descriptions are very, very sparse)
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Petteri Heino
Location: Hameenlinna, Finland Joined: 26 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue 26 Aug, 2008 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: Seaxes, Sutton Hoo and similar period pieces. |
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: |
That seax has been discussed in deail on the forum a few times including In This Other Topic.
(the museum description does not mention the runes -- these descriptions are very, very sparse) |
And there I have my answer. Thank you!
-Pete
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This is a standard topic