ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
FALCATAS. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword scholar)
Reference | 1-250-A |
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Name | Falcata |
Era | Iberian Culture |
Period (BC) | 425 to 276 BC |
Hilt | Made of iron, without plating or decoration. Grip shaped like a bird’s head. The cross-guard is missing, probably featuring animal heads. |
Blade | Made of iron. Curved, wide, and flat, narrow in the first third, widening in the second, ending in a point. Edge along the entire exterior. Grooves in the first and second thirds. |
Scabbard | The organic part has disappeared, but the mouthpiece, clamps, and rings are preserved. Some had a small knife alongside the scabbard. |
Description | The most genuine offensive weapon of the Iberian peoples, used as a sword, powerful and similar to a sabre. |
Museum Inventory | National Archaeological Museum, inv. no. 10468 |
Photograph | Photograph by Ángel Martínez Levas |
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