sword;
sword-sheath
- Museum number
- 1873,0820.229
- Description
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Bronze sword with cast hilt ending in opposed spirals (antennae sword). Pommel with central spur, coils of spirals missing; solid hilt with central part swelling and raised decoration recalling encircling wire; narrow, almost square shoulder cap with two rivets; slender blade, narrower than the shoulders, with straight edges sharply narrowing towards the tip, and diamond-shaped section with central swelling. Decoration: two pairs of nervatures enclosing an incised hatched band. No patina. Probably broken in antiquity in three pieces.
Part of a sword sheath. Bronze sheet in one piece, folded to form the rear face; broken unevenly at the top. Point ending in a cast globe surmounted by a disc. No decoration. Areas of shiny surface, green patina with some corrosion.
- Dimensions
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Length: 21 centimetres (sheath)
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Length: 55 centimetres (sword)
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Weight: 146 grammes
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Weight: 480 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Sestieri & MacNamara 2007
Comment refers to sword only.
See Prehistorische Bronzefunde IV. 1, nos. 321–329. Type Fermo.
Bibliography: BM Guide 1920, 99, fig. 99 d.; Hencken 1956, 167, fig. 20A; Prehistorische Bronzefunde IV.1, no. 328, type Fermo.
- Location
- On display (G1/wp36/sh6)
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1873,0820.229