Viking Scabbard Chape

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Item Name Viking Scabbard Chape
Period 10th century
Culture
Viking, Rus - Medieval Russia
Discovery Site
Åstad
Country
Öland, Sweden.
Dating 900-1000AD

Reference P. Paulsen, Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit. W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart 1953.

Description Openwork bronze sword chape in form of an eagle, decorated with ring-dots. A common Swedish and Varangian form widely distributed along the Eastern Viking routes - a mould fragment at Birka shows their point of origin, but an isolated example was even found in Brittany. According to latest research the eagle may be a proto-heraldic device indicating membership in a warrior caste that plied their trade in the Baltic and Eastern routes, and the origin of the 'trident' symbol of the Russian Ryurikid dynasty still seen today on the Ukrainian flag.

Dimensions Length: 7.4cm
Opening: 4.3cm x 2.1cm
Weight: 48g

Materials: Bronze




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