Fig. 1012.
Box, with top open, 3
7 real size, in which there was a scale, ten beads, and two ornaments of silver.—Petes, Götland.
Fig. 1013.—Hook of iron. ⅓ real size.
Fig. 1014.—Weight of iron. ⅓ real size.
With these were found two moulds of bronze, five unfinished fibulæ, ornament for a drinking cup, part of a bridle, a chain all in bronze, an iron key, the handle of which is of bronze, a blacksmith’s pince (nipper), and another weight of iron, &c.—Smiss, Götland.
“‘We need not look long at this silver; here is every penning better than the other, and we want to have this silver; get thou, Thránd, a man to look on while it is weighed.’ Thránd answered that he thought it best that Leif should look at it on his behalf. Leif and the others then went out, and a short way from the booth they sat down and weighed the silver. Karl took the helmet from his head, and poured the silver which was weighed into it” (Færeyinga Saga, c. 46).[[171]]
