Sword from the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo ship-burial, dates to approximately AD 620.

This sword is one of the many artifacts discovered in the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, which is thought to have belonged to one of four East Anglian kings: Eorpwald, Raedwald and co-regents Ecric, and Sigebert. The artifacts of this burial were chosen to reflect the high rank of the king, and to equip him for the Afterlife.

Sword from the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo ship-burial, dates to approximately AD 620.

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Sword from the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo ship-burial, dates to approximately AD 620. Suffolk, England. This sword is one of the... – @ancientart on Tumblr

 

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