Carp Tongue Swords: Design And Hardness In The Bronze Age

Reference	1-150-B
Name	Carp tongue swords with solid hilt
Period	Final Bronze Age
Period (B.C.)	1000 to 850 B.C.
Guard	Made of cast bronze, forming a single piece with the blade. Solid hilts, fusiform on the left and straight on the right with a small guard.
Blade	Made of bronze, straight and long, shaped like a “carp tongue,” with a large central nerve and theoretical cutting edge up to the point. Right blade wider and thicker.
Total Length 1	671 mm
Total Length 2	657 mm
Description	The sword on the right was found in the estuary of Huelva. The one on the left was found at the bottom of the Tagus River in 1930, considered to be of better design.
Inventory Museum	National Archaeological Museum No. inv. 35602 and 32261
Photograph	Ángel Martínez Levas and Verónica Schulmeister Guillén

Carp Tongue Swords: Design and Hardness in the Bronze Age