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| MIGRATION PERIOD SWORD, THE HANDLE STUDDED WITH GARNET CABOCHONS And inlaid glass. Exhibited and published: Konrad Theiss, Attila und die Hunnen, 2007, no. 222. Cf. another in E. Behmer, Das Zweischneidige Schwert der Germanischen Völkerwanderungszeit, Stockholm, 1939, p.106, no.22; pl. XII, no.4B. See also: Germanen, Hunnen, und Awaren, German National Museum, Berlin, 1988, p. 106, no.12a. Swords with stone-decorated handguards were always an attribute of the leading warriors and served exclusively as representation of status or as a rank badge. Black Sea, Northeastern Caucasus (Georgia) ancient Colchis. 5th-6th Century AD H. 28 1/4 in. (72 cm.) GLR03 $25,000 Sales |
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