Context (Related Documents)
See N.75834.STR in Photo Collection.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Dredged from River Lark near West Row, 300' downstream from Jude's Ferry.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Loan (Exhibition)
temporary exhibition
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1931.343 [A-B]: 'Sword with flat blade, round tip. Tang of square section. Small bronze guard hardly wider than the base of the blade. Three figures of animals, possibly pigs, are stamped into the blade near the base, 1 on one side, 2 on the other. Also 2 casts in plaster and 2 casts in metal showing the animals in detail.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card contains the following entries: "(This is the type of sword found in the Pagan Anglo Saxon graves, and no doubt belongs to that period.)". At the end of this sentence a swastika is drawn. Also: "IAN STEAD (Brit.Mus.) says definitely Iron Age - 1984", and: "More likely Iron Age. It is made in 2 bits and the base of the hilt is of an Iron Age type." This last sentence is crossed out. Then: "?No. Saxon. celt" . See reverse of card for photograph.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. and O'Reilly, M.M. 1932. 'Archaeological Notes'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 32. pp. 64-65. Pls. VI (figure 1) & VII.
Event Date 1932
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
Hilda Davidson believes the repeated animal figure is a 'plump boar' (see Bib).
Event Date 1994
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Davidson, Hilda R. (1994). The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 49-50, 53.
Event Date 1994
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Stead, I.M. (2006). British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards. London: British Museum Press. pp. 46, 48, 82, 180, Plate 7.
Event Date 2006
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Coveney: Island Identity in the Fens', Ely Museum, March - April 2006. This exhibition had previously been mounted in the Clarke Gallery of MAA by 2003-2004 MPhil students.
Event Date 3/2006
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Two casts in plaster and two casts in metal showing the animals on 1931.343 A in detail.
Event Date 19/3/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe