An archaelogical index to remains of antiquity of the Celtic, Romano-British, and Anglo-Saxon periods / [John Yonge Akerman].

  • John Yonge Akerman
Date:
1847
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Credit: An archaelogical index to remains of antiquity of the Celtic, Romano-British, and Anglo-Saxon periods / [John Yonge Akerman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    discovered in the Barrows of the Anglo-Saxon period, than in these acutely-pointed and formidable weapons equally adapted both for thrusting and striking.® a Brass daggers, from various Barrows in North Wilts. 4] 42 shews the handle of one of these daggers drawn on Hoare, pl. xiv. xv. xxiii. xxvil. xxvil. Figure 46 43J a larger scale. 44 Bronze spear head, found with the sword No.48. 45 Bronze spear head discovered in Derbyshire. Journal of the British Archeological Association, vol. ii. p- 280. 46 Handle of a dagger, ornamented with minute brass pins in a very elaborate and tasteful manner. From a Barrow in North Wilts. 47 Bronze dagger with ivory handle, found with two small bronze spear heads in a Barrow at Blandford, in Dorsetshire. Journal of the British Archeolo- gical Association, vol. 1. p.98. 48 <A bronze sword, found in the county of Tyrone, Ireland, with spear head No. 44. 49 Bronze Buckler, found in the ancient bed of the river Isis, near Dorchester, in Oxfordshire. Its diameter is only fourteen inches, and it differs not only in size, but in the dimensions of the studs, from the specimens of British shields in the collections of Sir S. Meyrick and Mr. C. R. Smith. Archeologia, vol. xxv. p. 298, 6 These swords, when found in tumuli, are generally broken, evidently designedly. This was a ceremony observed by the ancient Egyptians. The late Rev. J. V. Arundale shewed me a long scabbard discovered by him in a tomb at Thebes, which had been broken in half and laid on the body.