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====Germany====
*Essen Minster
** Covered in stamped gold (late C10-11th). [CAMPBELL 1982:p.171].
*Cleverns [BATEY & PATERSON 2012:p.639]
*Schortens [BATEY & PATERSON 2012:p.639]
====Sweden====
*Birka <br> 35 swords have been found in graves in Birka. 30 have been a Petersen Typology and 13 have associated remains of a scabbard.
** Bj.514 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940A:p.153-154, fig.102, 103]
** Bj.520 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type Y. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 3:2]
** Bj.324a Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type V. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 3:4]
** Bj.542 Traces of a wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 2:1]
** Bj.644 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14]
** Bj.736 Traces of a wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 2:3]
** Bj.750 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14]
** Bj.832 Traces of a wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type Y. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 3:1]
** Bj.834 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type X. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940A:fig. 253]
** Bj.842 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14]
** Bj.942 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type St ?.[ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940:Taf. 1:1]
** Bj.944 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14] [ARBMAN 1940A:fig. 321]
** Bj.957 Wooden scabbard for a sword of Petersen type H. [ARWIDSSON 1986:p.14]
====France====
* Saint-Denis
** (c.869) [MONTEMBAULT 1998: p.60]
==Scabbard hanging styles==
:[[#Riveted straps style|Riveted straps style]] Scabbards are most probably hung from baldrics. The [[#Strap slide style|Strap slide style]] scabbard is also likely to be designed to hang from a baldric.<br>
'''Discussion'''<br>
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'''Archaeology'''<br>
* A leather scabbard from Hedeby has 3 diamonds down its front created by two layers of leather [HAGG 1991: 265]
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{{Ref|Arbman 1940a}}
{{Ref|Arbman 1940}}
{{Ref|Ardwinsson Arwidsson 1986}}{{Ref|Batey & Paterson 2012}}
{{Ref|Bersu & Wilson 1966}}
{{Ref|Biddle & Kjolbye-Biddle 1992}}
{{Ref|Cameron 2000}}
{{Ref|Cameron 2007}}
{{Ref|Campbell 1982}}
{{Ref|Davidson 1962}}
{{Ref|Hagg 1991}}
{{Ref|Hedenstierna-Jonson 2006B}}
{{Ref|Macgregor 1982}}
{{Ref|Montembault 1998}}
{{Ref|Mould, Carlisle & Cameron 2003}}
{{Ref|Oakeshott 1991}}
{{Ref|Owen & Dalland 1999}}
{{Ref|Paterson 2014}}
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