Photograph: Part of a Viking sword belt. The leather can just be seen underneath decorative metal mounts. The belt has a link with 3 loops towards the left-hand end.
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Belt

Date: early 1000s

This strap-fitting linked three leather straps, and probably formed part of a sword belt. It was found in 1878 in the Temple, off Fleet Street. It dates to the late 900s or early 1000s, and is of a type known from Viking graves, particularly in the Baltic area of Scandinavia. It may have belonged to one of the Vikings who attacked London in the early 1000s, or to a follower of King Cnut, the Danish king of England (1016-35).

Accession number: A17992

Place of collection: Temple, Fleet Street, London [City of London] [10ft below surface]

Material: leather; copper alloy; bronze

Measurements: L 194 mm; W 26 mm

Gallery location: Case 9.1

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Subjects:

Vikings
Warfare

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