This scramasax was recovered from the Thames at Battersea. It is a single edged short-sword -- a prestige weapon dated to the late ninth century. It is important because it is the only surviving instance of an epigraphical futhorc.
Engraved along the side of the blade is a sequence of 28 runes, some of them unusual in form:
In addition to the futhorc, the smith has engraved a personal name Beagnoþ in runes:
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