A South German bronze age sword, Bronze Age, circa 1200 BC Bronze with black-green patina. Slender, double-edged blade with bulging central ridge on both sides. Semicircular bolster with two rivets, the ridged grip with remnants of the punched decorations and oval pommel plate. The outermost tip of the blade supplemented to approximately 1 cm. Length cm. Provenance: Hermann Historica, 25th auction, 1991, lot 270. From an old Augsburg private collection. historic, historical, prehistory, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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Keywords: age, bronze, german, prehistory, south, sword