File:British Museum Sittingbourne Seax.jpg

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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".
Date 24 June 2010
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Source/Photographer BabelStone (Own work)

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British Museum reference 1881,0623.1
Detailed description 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".
Size Length: 32.1 centimetres
Location G41/dc42/no39

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