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miekka; miekka - Petersenin H-tyyppiä

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miekka; miekka - Petersenin H-tyyppiä

physical description: A complete sword in poor condition. The blade is broken into two parts near the tip. Weight: 2362 g. The fuller contains fragmentary inlays on both sides. The material of the inlays is twisted pattern-welded rod. The inlays were defined with the aid of radiograph no. 3325. Other radiographs: no. 3306.
The hilt belongs to Petersen’s type H. The parts of the hilt are of iron and decorated with vertical wire inlays (22 wires/cm).
The sword is a grave find from an inhumation cemetery, grave no. 844 (KM 24740:230–269), excavated by P.-L. Lehtosalo-Hilander in 1989 (KM 24740:1–657).

Literature: Lehtosalo-Hilander 2000a: 103–104, 190, Plate 39.
Lehtosalo-Hilander 2000b: 189

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