Sword with inlaid handle. Two-edged spatha with a dramatized blade and a gilded hilt. The two-part sword button and the parchment are decorated with plaiting patterns, which are then gilded. The knot consists of two pieces, of which the triangular knob is older than the horizontal button plate, spatha, metal, iron, L. 79 cm, vmec 800-850 AD, the Netherlands, Utrecht, Wijk bij Duurstede, Wijk bij Duurstede, Dorestad

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Sword with inlaid handle. Two-edged spatha with a dramatized blade and a gilded hilt. The two-part sword button and the parchment are decorated with plaiting patterns, which are then gilded. The knot consists of two pieces, of which the triangular knob is older than the horizontal button plate, spatha, metal, iron, L. 79 cm, vmec 800-850 AD, the Netherlands, Utrecht, Wijk bij Duurstede, Wijk bij Duurstede, Dorestad

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