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Michael Harley
Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: 12 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Mon 22 Sep, 2014 6:11 pm Post subject: Erroneous? date on bronze sword in Higgins collection. |
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I am seeking opinions on a sword on display at the Worcester Art Museum, previously from the Higgins Collection.
http://vqs61.v3.pair.com:8080/emuseum/view/ob...b852a83d78
They have the item listed as "about 600-500 B.C.E.". Stylistically I would have considered this sword to be Urnfield/Hallstatt B1 and therefore would have assigned a date range of 1000-900 BCE. See: http://1501bc.com/files/vollgriffschwerter_de...ate103.jpg (image from "Die vollgriffschwerter der urnenfelderzeit aus Bayern" by Hermann Muller-Karpe) specifically #73.
What do you think?
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Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth - Frank Zappa
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Matthew Amt
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I'd say you're right! That's not the style I know best, but I've always seen them given earlier dates (900 or before).
Matthew
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Dan Howard
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It is late Bronze Age / early Iron Age. Definitely not 600-500 B.C
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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Michael Harley
Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: 12 Apr 2006
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Matthew and Dan, thank you very much for your input, you have helped relieve that niggling feeling that I have missed something in my research. Very much appreciated.
Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth - Frank Zappa
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