Object: Sword
Classification: Pommel. Horned knobbed
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Alnwick Castle, No. 411
Site: Ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 97
Width (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 13
Weight (g): 78.2
Patina: Dark brown
Surface: Smooth
Remarks: Unusual variant of the Nordic Period IV "Hornerknauf" sword pommen, as E. Sprockhoff, Die Gerur Vollgriffschwerter (1934), pp. 17, Taf. 2, 1-3 and 7.,Facetting and flat central panel both unusual; for the horns' narrow upcurved form, cf. Sprockhoff opcit. Taf. 1, 8; HC Broholm, Danmarks Bronzealder IV (1949), 30-1, Pl. 3, 1, cf miniature Pl. 1,5.