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Lot 131

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

17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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

In excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade with shallow central fuller over nearly its entire length to the rounded point, the fuller on one side at the forte with latten-inlaid inscription 'INGELRI' (some latten missing), hilt comprising short cross-piece of square section slightly tapering to the tips, flat tapering tang, and pommel of 'tea-cosy' form
83.8 cm. blade, 97.3 cm. overall

Footnotes

The inscription is thought to be a 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

See also Lech Marek, Early Medieval Swords from Central and Eastern Europe..., 2005, pp. 49-54, pls. 6c and 25c

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