Perfectly preserved bronze sword
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Object number
AR2890B
| Object: |
Sword blade with long grip thorn
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| Material: |
Massive bronze
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| Date: |
About 3rd - early 1st millenium B.C. Bronze Age of Western Asia |
| Description: |
Bronze sword with long, narrow blade with pronounced midrib and a long grip thorn with a rivet hole at the end. The thorn is characteristic for this sword type, leading to the German name "Griffangelschwert". The grip itself was made of perishable material like wood, horn or bone and is not preserved. |
| Size: |
Length 479 mm, width 45 mm
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| Condition: |
Excellent condition, complete and undamaged with nice patina. The use in ancient battles left some nicks on the blade.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2019 in a traditional Munich auction house. Ex French private collection which was built up in the 1960s.
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| Reference: |
V. Bianco Peroni, Die Schwerter in Italien. Prähistorische Bronzefunde Abteilung IV Band 1 (München 1970) Nr. 53 (here a Trana type Griffdornschwert ("grip-thorn-blade")) Vgl. H. Born und S. Hansen, Helme und Waffen Alteuropas. Sammlung Axel Guttmann. Band IX (Mainz am Rhein 2001) p. 38 Abb. 23 2nd from the right |
| Authenticity: |
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