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1A. AV pommel: from long sword, the blade of which had disintergrated on discovery. Two opposing animal heads, garnets and cloisonné work. L.: 3.7cm. Wt.: 11.03g. 1B. AV guard: cloisonné with garnets. L.: 6.2cm. Wt.: 23.25g. 1C. AV sword hilt: of beaten sheet gold, with 3 raised bands. L.: 9cm. Wt.: 19.23g. 1D. AV guard: different deco’ to 1B. L.: 8.4cm. Wt.: 27.84g. (2. Scabbard; this was of wood covered in leather (obviously perished), with the following additions in tact). 2A. AV ring: for open end of the sheath. Cloisonné set with garnets. L.: 7.34cm. Wt.: 54.24g. 2B. 2 AV scabbard body parts (“passe-couroies”) (lost): AV garnet and cloisonné work. L.: 9.3cm. Wts.: unknown. 2C. 2 AE end parts: gilt, each set with individual cloisonné garnets. L.: 2.4cm. Wts. unknown. (3. Short sword or “Scramasax”. Typical Germanic, fnd. in many Hunnic tombs of the 5th. - 7th. c. AD.) 3A. AV ring: for the scabbard. AV with garnets & cloisonné work. L.: 6.6cm. Wt.: 93.32g. 3B. AV ring: for the end of the scabbard, pinched oval. Garnets & cloisonné work. L.: 6.2cm. Wt.: 54.93g. 4. Fe axe (“francisque”): L.: 20cm. Wt.: 935g. (Typical Frankish). 5. AV Coins, AR coins. 6. Crystal ball: c.4.5cm diameter. 7. AV bees/flies: c.300 originally; 2 in BN. Set with garnets as wings. L.: 1.05cm. Wts.: 1.95g, 2.00g. Wt. estimate: 600g. 8. AV buckle: ovular, plain. L.: 4cm. Wt.: 132.31g. 9. AV buckle tongue: set with garnets. L.: 2.1cm. Wt.: 4.46g. 10. 2 AV buttons (one lost): semi-circular, garnets and cloisonné work. D.: 1.9cm. Wt.: 4.06g. 11. AV button: round, garnets and cloisonné work. D.: 1.5cm. Wt.: 6.28g. 12. AV signet ring (modern replica; original lost): ovular seal, with the facing bust of the king and the inscription ‘CHILDERIC REGIS’. Wt. unknown. 13. AE gilt fibula (lost; 17th. c. replica): crossbow brooch, opus interrasile work. (4th. c. AD?). 14. AE lance (lost). 15. AV plaque (lost): with garnets and cloisonné work, oval to a point. Considered part of Childeric’s baldric. Dimensions not known. 16. AV belt trim (lost); garnets and cloisonné work. L.: 3.6cm. Wt. unknown. 17. AV belt fitting section (“passe-lacet”) (lost): L.: 7.6cm. 18. 2 AV purse parts (“Aumônière”) (lost): AV with garnets and cloisonné, in the form of two horse's heads. Possibly contained the coins and the “passe-lacet”. Dims. not known. 19. AV bracelet (lost): D.: c.6cm. 20. AV horse fitting (lost): in the shape of a bull’s head. Set with garnets. L.: c.3.4cm. 21. AV ring (lost): plain. 22. AV buckles (lost): whole and broken, at least 7. 23. AV buttons (lost): c.9 of various types, all with garnets and cloisonné work. 24. AV scabbard parts (“passe-courroies”) (lost). 25. Small agate vase. AV: 1485.01g; AR: 337.2 - 593.88g
Benjamin Hellings dataset (2014); updated by Cristian Gazdac (Dec. 2016).
