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Sword Scabbard Chapes

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== Jelling ==
 
More usually found around the Baltic area. [Graham-Campbell 1980: cat.273.]. 19 examples found in 6 different countries (Denmark, Germany, Iceland, England, Sweden & Russia) [CITE V2C?].
 
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 |Archaeology =*England, York [ROSEDHAL 1992:cat.274]*Norway, Gjermundbu. Found with a Petersen type S sword [ROSEDHAL 1992] [WOV: cat.3044]*Iceland**Hafurbjarnastadir. Gilded copper-alloy found with Petersen type S sword. 900AD – 975AD [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.273]**Kirkjubolsdal [Smith 2003:p.167]**Vestfirdir [Smith 2003:p.146]*Finland**Saari. Copper-alloy [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.275]**Satakunta. [ROSEDHAL 1992:217] 
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== Bird (Falcon) style ==
''Otherwise known as the 'Birka Bird'. Dated from late C9th to early C11th although at its most popular in the first half of the C10th. Found mainly in Eastern Europe from Sweden to Byzantium''[HEDENSTIERNA-JONSON 2006b:p]