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Human skull with sword or axe cuts on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Skull with injuries from a sword or axe, disvoered in the Fishamble Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E172:7543

Iron axehead from Winetavern St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron axe head from the Winetavern Street excavations in Dublin. Viking Age. E81:2428

Iron axehead from Fishamble St. on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron axehead from the Fishamble Street excavations. Viking Age. The axe is a distinctively Norse weapon of warfare. E 172:2421

Bone or ivory gaming pieces on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Two bone or ivory gaming pieces from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Viking Age. Wk. 294. S. 105

Enamelled copper-alloy hook for a bowl on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Copper alloy hook for a bowl, enamelled, from Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly. Viking Age. Irish Manufacture - one of three original hooks. 1941: 1157

Copper Alloy bowl on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Copper alloy bowl from Laheen Lough, Co. Leitrim. Viking Age.

Miniature copper-alloy axe-head on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Miniature axe-head from Lough O'Flynn, Co. Roscommon. E 499.216

Iron Axe-Head from River Shannon on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Shannon. Viking Age. 1986: 109

Iron Axe-Head from River Robe on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Iron axe head with wooden handle from the River Robe, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. Viking Age. Wk. 1

Top of Iron sword from the River Ban on display in the National Museum of Ireland

River Bann, Toome Bar, Co. Antrim. Viking Age. Wk. 2

Iron Sword on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Found in Lough Derg near Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary. 1988: 226

Copper alloy cross-guard of a sword on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Copper alloy cross-guard of a Viking-Age sword. No locality. X. 2805

Gilt copper alloy sword pommel on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Gilt copper alloy sword pommel. No locality. X. 2807

Copper Alloy sword pommel on display in the National Museum of Ireland

Sword pommel. Viking Age. No locality. W.25

Tools for Textile Production from the Oseberg Burial

Various tools for textile production, including fragments of woven baskets, wooden bowls, balls of yarn, tablets for weaving, beech wood needles, a…

Wooden Box from the Oseberg Burial

A wooden box with a lock. It contained tools for weaving when found.

Smoothing Iron from the Oseberg Burial

A smoothing iron for ironing clothes and cloth.

A Lamp from the Oseberg Burial

A lamp. It would have been filled with oil and a wick placed in it to provide light.

Chest from the Oseberg Burial

A chest made of oak and decorated with iron studs.

Box from the Oseberg Burial

A wooden box made of beech.