miekka

Resource ID	678750
Credits	Markku Haverinen, Vantaa
File name	D57895_1[1].jpg

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CC BY 4.0

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Resource ID	680234
File name	AKF28157_1[1].jpg

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miekka

physical description: A fragmentary sword blade in good condition, without the parts of
the hilt and the lower half of the blade. The blade is
laminated so that steel parts are near the surface of the blade, while
iron remains in the core. On one side the fuller contains the inscription
CO STMIIT S, and the reverse side contains the inscription REX.
The material of the inlays is non-twisted pattern-welded rod, which
contains 3–5 layers. The inlays were defined by surface examination.
Sword with the inscriptions CONSTMIITNS (that is, a version of the name CONSTANTINUS) and REX.
The cross-section revealed that the
blade of this sword was made from iron core with 0.5 % carbon steel outer wrap welded around the core (see also Fig. 21).427 The core was ferritic, while the outer wrap was made from 0.5 % carbon steel. The outer steel layers were pearlitic, in other words the blade was not quenched.

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Content Type

Physical object

Organisation

Finnish Heritage Agency

Collection

Arkeologian esinekokoelma

Identifier

KM8911:91

Measurements

pituus: 559,0 mm
leveys: 60,2 mm

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