Subject: noble warrior

Culture: Hallstatt / early Celtic

Setting: central Europe 8-6thcBC

Object: sword

Higgins Armory Museum > Ancient Arms and Armor *

"Sword, 6th century BCE Probably central Europe Bronze ...

Trade networks in the ancient world developed from a very early date. This sword, adapted from Greek models,

bears witness to the longstanding contact between the sophisticated cultures of the Mediterranean and the less developed societies to the north."

National Museum of Scotland > Royal Museum *

"Iron sword or dagger with bronze grip. Hallstatt period, Europe."

Royal Armouries Museum > Make:Believe *

"... German lands, 1000 BCE" ...

* Yorkshire Museum

"Sword ... Austria 1150BC-800BC"

* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery

"Bronze leaf-shaped sword The most sophisticated Late Bronze Age European swords had hilts cast in one piece with their blades.

These hilts were exact representations in bronze of the wood and bone hilts they replaced.

Most of this type are excavated from sites in northern Europe. German, about 1000 BC."

* Deepeeka