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".
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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