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Sword with silver inlay
Unknown10th century
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Iron longsword. Pommel and cross-guard damascened with thin strips of copper and silver foil, and with twisted silver wire. The weapon, found in a Viking-age barrow cemetery, belonged to the archaeological collection of the Prussia-Museum Königsberg i. Pr. until 1945.
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Details
- Title: Sword with silver inlay
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 10th century
- Type: Armament
- Medium: Iron with silver inlay
- Inv. no.: PM V,145,7746/1
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Claudia Plamp
- Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Prussia-Sammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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