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=== The weapons on the right side of the body === On the right of the "body" lay a set of [[wikt:spear|spear]]s, tips uppermost, including three barbed [[angon]]s, with their heads thrust through a handle of the bronze bowl.{{sfn|Bruce-Mitford|1978|pp=241β272}} Nearby was a wand with a small mount depicting a [[wolf]].{{sfnm|Bruce-Mitford|1978|1pp=394β402|Evans|1986|2pp=92β93}} Closer to the body lay the [[sword]] with a gold and [[garnet cloisonnΓ©]] pommel {{convert|85|cm}} long, its pattern welded blade still within its scabbard, with superlative scabbard-bosses of domed cellwork and pyramidal mounts.<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/sword_from_the_ship-burial_at.aspx British Museum Highlights] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021122213/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/sword_from_the_ship-burial_at.aspx |date=21 October 2012 }}, ''Sword from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo''; Bruce-Mitford 1978, 273β310; Evans 1986, 42β44.</ref> Attached to this and lying toward the body was the sword harness and belt, fitted with a suite of gold mounts and strap-distributors of extremely intricate garnet cellwork ornament.{{sfn|Evans|1986|pp=44β46}}
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