XII-XIV century
Conical split socket with wide base, overlapped, with one hole for a nail. Narrow long blade with square section. Fragment at the base missing, otherwise intact. Surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
L. 9.8″ (25 cm).
See: W. Swietoslawski. Arms and Armor of the nomads of the Great Steppe in the times of the Mongol expansion. Lodz, 1999, p.125 #1,2,3.Thunmark-Nylen L. Die Vikingerzeit Gotlands II, Stockholm, 1998, tafel 240 #12