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Plate I

Sutton Hoo pattern-welded sword
Völkerwanderer / Wikimedia Commons↗ Source

Sutton Hoo pattern-welded sword

Maker unknown

Pattern-welded iron sword blade from the Sutton Hoo ship burial, surviving with traces of its wooden scabbard.

Date
6th–early 7th century
Collection
The British Museum
Reference
1939,1010.95

Record

Medium
iron; wood
Dimensions
Blade 72 cm; overall 85.1 cm
Origin
United Kingdom
Owner
The Trustees of the British Museum

In the Tapestry

Excavated at
Sutton HooA
Culture of origin
Anglo-SaxonsAmedium confidence

Provenance and history

  1. 6th–early 7th century

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    britishmuseum.org

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