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








