Late medieval sword

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    Steel, iron, forging, casting
    1250-1350
    104 x 79 x 6 cm

    The hilt without a casing ends in a massive round pommel ground on both sides. The crosspiece is straight, four-sided, with widening arms. The blade is wider, double-edged with a fuller in the middle.

    Parson Granic excavated the sword in 1873 at Gornje Muce in Dalmatia, at the site next to the inscription of Prince Branimir.

    M. Sercer, Macevi, bodezi, nozevi, Zagreb, 1976, catalogue number 1

    Catalogue description partly taken from Marija Sercer, from the catalogue Macevi, bodezi, nozevi, Zagreb, 1976.


    HPM/PMH-000310


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