ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
ANTENNA SWORD. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 1-270-A |
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Name | Antenna Sword |
Type | Arcobriga-Vetton Culture |
Epoch | 400 to 300 B.C. |
Guard | Iron with remnants of silver damascening. Pommel with atrophied antennas and lenticular buttons. |
Blade | Iron, straight, wide, with central grooves, of pistiliform type. |
Description | Found in Celtiberian and Vetton necropolises, possibly from the Celtiberian area. |
Scabbard | Lost organic material, covered with pierced iron plates, with clamps and rings. |
Museum Inventory | National Archaeological Museum, inv. no. 1962/9/1 |