Cavalry sword

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Cavalry sword

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.12

Description

Cavalry sword (spatha) with inlaid incrustations

Use

Used in combat.

Context

Found in Germany

Collection

HvG

Category

Military Equipment & Weaponry

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Holger von Grawert

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano Germanic

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sword

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Edged Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

swords

Material

Iron, Copper, Bronze

Color

Granite

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Found near Carnuntum (A)

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Cavalrymen used a long slashing sword (spatha). Fragments of such swords from Trimontium include hilt guards based on local styles. Were these locals serving with the army? Or were they battle honours for troops involved in the conquest?