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Sword jewelled with garnet
Unknown1st half / middle of 5th century
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The sword dates from the early Migration Period, and comes from a burial mound with a horse burial. The so-called ‘sword pearl’ of chalcedony, which presumably served as a talisman or amulet, was found with the sword.
Details
- Title: Sword jewelled with garnet
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st half / middle of 5th century
- Type: Weapon
- Medium: Iron, gilded bronze, inlays of garnet
- Inv. no.: (MVF) IIId BD 8a
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Klaus Göken
- Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Kaukasus und Vorderer Orient, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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