Sword Hilt

Sword hilt, of cast bronze having a green patina. The pommel takes the form of a flat oval-shaped disc engraved with lines and dots in the shape of a cross within a circular border; plain grip of oval section; short, flat arched guard, decorated with lightly engraved lines and dots, and split to receive the blade, which would have been secured by pins which project 1/16 of an inch; only small fragments of the bronze blade remain. Made in Denamrk in the late Bronze Age (about 1200 B.C.).