Hey !I would like to ask for your help ! who used a sword when he was 77 cm total length 30.3 inches

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Blimey, thats seen better days.

Sure thats a sword and not a fossil...?

Is that a nut or screw I see at the end of the tang?

It looks like early or middle La Tene period celtic sword. But it's hard to say if it's authentic. Where did you get it?

Blimey indeed.

Without knowing more about the piece in question, the length (around 30 inches) suggests possibly a somewhat long gladius or spatha. It's mostly the diamond-shaped form and the upset end to the tang that indicate that, as well as the acute point. Beyond that, it could be a fairly wide and long dagger. There really isn't much to go on with this one, unfortunately...

Boncz, can you give us more details about it? Is this something that you have found, or is it in a museum?

To support my celtic la tene theory, I found a few similar examples. ;) The important indicators are I think the blade shoulders and specific blade taper with midrib.

http://www.electrummagazine.com/wp-content/up...deln_2.jpg

http://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/detail.cfm?...;showpic=a

http://www.artemission.com/ViewItemDetails.as...r=22.18937

http://www.time-lines.co.uk/la-tene-sword-006305-10626-0.html

I am inclined to agree that it may be Celtic; that was up there along with Roman. Given the length that is a little more likely.

Again though I would like to know where this is... private collection? Museum? And place/context of discovery? Answers to these questions would be very helpful.

It is worth noting that there are not many swords with this cross-section and size between the Celtic-Roman period and the Medieval, or afterwards. If this was found in the east though it could perhaps be some sort of kindjal or qama. The main indicator of its age is the extreme corrosion, though; even a 500-year-old blade would not necessarily be in such poor condition unless it was made out of low-grade steel and/or in a highly corrosive environment.

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