An ancient Bronze Age European sword with a slender double edged blade, a flat punched hilt tongue with beveled edges, and punched holes to secure the hilt.
Late Bronze Age, Central Europe.
Hallstatt, ca. 1200 - 900 BC.
Length: 25 1/4 in. (64.2 cm).
cf.: W. Menghin, Hallstattzeit, Die Altetertumer im Museum fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte, (Berlin, 1999), p. 80, no. 32.
Formerly in the collection of Mr. Simon S., London.