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Lot 130

A Rare Sword Of Viking Type With Ingeriil Inscription
Second Half Of The 10th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Sword Of Viking Type With Ingeriil Inscription
Second Half Of The 10th Century

In excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade with central fuller over nearly its entire length on both sides, the forte on one side with inlaid inscription 'INGERIIL', hilt comprising straight quillons of square section tapering to the tips, flat slightly tapering tang, and Brazil-nut pommel very unusually decorated with an inlaid band over one shoulder
81 cm. blades, 95 cm. overall

Footnotes

Peterson's and Oakeshott's Type X. For a related sword with 'INLERVRIEITI' inscription in the Suomen kansallismuse, Helsinki (inv. no. NM2033:l) see Ian Peirce, Swords Of The Viking Age, 2002, pp. 122-124

The inscriptions are thought to be a rare variation on the well-known Ingelvii group. See Alfred Geibig, Beiträge zur Morphologischen Entwicklung des Schwertes I'm Mittelalter: Eine Analyse des Fundmaterials von ausgehenden 8. bis sum 21. Jahrhundert aus Sammlungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1991, p. 124

For a synopsis of Geibig's work and further analytical study of the subject see Micheal R. Gorman, 'Ulfbrecht: Innovation and Imitation in Early Medieval Swords', The Sixteenth Park Lane Arms Fair Guide, February 1999, pp. 7-12

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