Norwegian museum photo database
Hi
Just got linked to this page, containing photos of some of the items in the Norwegian university museums!
Sword search;
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=sverd/I=228158KHM
Spear search
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=spyd/I=null
Axe search
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=%25F8ks/I=12867KHM
Very nice find Elling! Now if only I read more then just English and some Spanish. :confused: Oh well, at least pictures are a universal language we can all understand.

Scott
Thanks for posting this!
Amazing link! Great to see photos of the pieces that are not normally published. Thank you for posting.

A.
Wonderful stuff, Elling. Many thanks,

Paul
Excellent link! Great stuff there! Thanks very much Elling.
Is this sword bent, as it seems to be, or is there any chance the blade actually has a slight downward curve?
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=sverd/I=22916KHM
Shae Bishop wrote:
Is this sword bent, as it seems to be, or is there any chance the blade actually has a slight downward curve?
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=sverd/I=22916KHM


It is bent. You can tell from the shadow of the blade; it touches the table about 3/4ths dow, then bends back up.
Many of the blades have been deliberately been made useless before putting them in the grave, maybe to disuade grave robbers, or as part of a sacreficial rite.

This one is a fav in that category;
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=sverd%...I=85676KHM
Does anyone else see what I see.....another viking type XII (like the one from Bern in SAC) ?
http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/P=search/S=sverd/I=20168KHM
I like this site, hopefully they'll be getting more pictures up, as well as more accurate dating assigned to pictures. Including excerpts from conservation reports like they do at Historiska Museet in Stockholm would be nice to. Still, good site, especially considering the usual efficiency and userfriendliness of the Norwegian museums...

The only real qualm I have are some of the object definitions assigned to the pictures, such as "Possibly a key?" posted beside a bronze strap divider.... :p

Johan Schubert Moen
The university museum picture database has been updated, with a new site, interface and more pictures...
Unfortunately, they are still lacking a "search by period" feature...

Swords:
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...tRecord=60

Axes;
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...Record=420

Spears
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...y=artifact

armour;
http://www.unimus.no/arkeologi/#/listView?div...y=artifact

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