ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
ANTENNA SWORD. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 1-270-B |
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Name | Antenna Sword |
Epoch | Celtiberian Culture |
Period (B.C.) | 300 to 276 B.C. |
Guard | Made of iron with traces of silver damask. Pommel formed by atrophied antennas ending in lenticular buttons. Slightly fusiform pommel that finishes at its base with a small guard featuring a central trapezoidal notch and no quillons. |
Blade | Made of iron. Straight, wide, flat, and slender, of the pistilliform type. |
Total Length | 460 mm |
Blade Width | 045 mm |
Description | Example of the strong military component of Celtiberian society, with ritual practices linked to war. It was found in the necropolis of Altillo de Cerropozo (Atienza) Guadalajara, belonging to the burial goods of a Celtiberian horseman warrior. |
Museum Inventory | National Archaeological Museum no. inv. 1940/27/AT/201 |
Photographer | Ángel Martínez Levas |