A 10thC silver inlaid axe, found Bjerringhøj, Mammen, Jutland in the 19thC, via http://m.historyextra.com/vikings-sea pic.twitter.com/8DYKfqzyX6
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A 10thC silver inlaid axe, found Bjerringhøj, Mammen, Jutland in the 19thC, via http://m.historyextra.com/vikings-sea pic.twitter.com/8DYKfqzyX6
A silver inlaid Merovingian iron axe, 7thC, from Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/i/iron_axe-head_inlaid_with_silv.aspx …pic.twitter.com/ab8VkuuMPX
@caitlinrgreen The last 2 are rather ostentatious, aren't they?
@EquineAnn Indeed! Prob ceremonial, at least in part?
@EquineAnn @caitlinrgreen not necessarily, please check Islamic weaponry in middle ages .
@Ahmed_Alhasania @caitlinrgreen Some of them were very decorative because they were made for & used by the nobility.
@caitlinrgreen @collectionlinc I'm from Boston, Licolnshire, I'm amazed that anything of that era could be dragged out of the silty Witham.
@SharpeGraphics Lots of finds made from the Witham! Eg https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/552506469263093762 … This axe was found L18thC iirc :)
almost looks like you could use this now beautifully shaped
@caitlinrgreen @copseworker @collectionlinc oooh! A lovely swedish chopper :) *my own trollbiter sulks, refuses to take edge*
@caitlinrgreen @collectionlinc A quick hone and she'll be right for hedgelaying.
@caitlinrgreen @collectionlinc Wonder if they were plundering Mavis Enderby?
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