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miekka; kaksiteräinen miekka

fyysinen kuvaus: Kaksiteräinen miekka, rautaa. Kokonaispituus 860 mm, säilän pituus 730 mm, suurin leveys 556. Ponsi irronnut. Ponnen alusen mitat 70 x 15 x 24 mm. Väistin (mitat 102 x 18 x 18 mm) suora, jälkiä hopeakoristelusta. Hopeakoristelua luultavasti säilässäkin ruosteen alla.

physical description: A fragmentary sword in fair condition and lacking its pommel. Weight:
868 g. On one side the fuller has a woven lattice and six vertical lines,
and the reverse side contains fragmentary marks, which could indicate
an ULFBERHT inscription. The material of the inlays seems to be
non-twisted pattern-welded rod, or strongly corroded iron or steel
containing a great deal of impurities. The inlays were defined with the
aid of radiograph no. 2599.

The sword may belong to Petersen’s type V. The parts of the hilt are of
iron and decorated with silver and bronze wires (26 wires/cm), inlaid in
lozenge patterns.

The sword is a stray find discovered with a metal detector on a rocky hill
next to the lands of Viertiö farm in 1999. The sword is possibly from a
level-ground cremation cemetery or a hoard.

Literature: Moilanen 2010a: 3–4, 6; Vanhatalo 2012: 49–51

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