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Deutsch:
Angelsächsisches Eisen-Sax mit gerader Schneidkante und stark abgewinkelter Oberseite. Graviert mit insularer Schrift:
☩ BIORHTELM ME WORTE
(„Biorhtelm machte mich“) und
☩ S[I]GEBEREHT ME AH
(„S[i]gebereht besitzt mich“). Aus Sittingbourne, Grafschaft Kent, Süd-England.
English:
Iron seax, with a straight cutting edge and sharply angled back, inscribed "☩ BIORHTELM ME WORTE" (Biorhtelm made me) and "☩ S[I]GEBEREHT ME AH" (S[i]gebereht owns me), known as the "Sittingbourne seax".
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| Date | 24 June 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | BabelStone ( Own work ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Details
| British Museum reference | 1881,0623.1 |
| Detailed description | Iron seax, with a straight cutting edge and sharply angled back, inscribed "☩ BIORHTELM ME ÞORTE" (Biorhtelm made me) and "☩ S[I]GEBEREHT ME AH" (S[i]gebereht owns me), known as the "Sittingbourne seax". |
| Size | Length: 32.1 centimetres |
| Location | G41/dc42/no39 |
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