Peter Johnsson wrote: |
It is interesting that the forward mount of the hilt is so very celtic looking, with its curved shape.
I would love to learn more about the double edged sword used by the germanic tribes before the roman spatha came into wide use. At present I wonder a lot about the germanic versions of hilts put on these imported roman sword blades (and those possibly made locally after roman pattern). There seems to be several local hilt types and I wonder how and if these relate to contemporary roman type hilts. I know there were copies of celtic long swords made by germanic smiths in the 1st C BC (and into the 1st C AD?), but I have not seen many of these(only a small handful of old published drawings). In storage rooms in Swedish museums one can come across rusty remains of blades that may have been celtic, germanic or roman. They are often so far gone, it is difficult to see any distinguishing shapes. Could you possibly share some info on finds where details of hilts, scabbards and blades survive? :p |
Hi Peter,
I made this sword in times when I was without a computer or a digi-cam, so all that I have is the find-drawind from the publication, glad that I found it among thousands of loose papers in the cellar... :)
The last images are from the Nienbüttel sword, the first is a similair find from Großromstedt (Nienbüttel is near Hamburg and Großromstedt is in Saxony, bothe in the influental reach of the Elbe-River with connections to the Southeast (wher the influence - and maybe the weapon had come)
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