| Autor: |
Kotowicz, Piotr N., Śnieżko, Grzegorz |
| Zdroj: |
Acta Militaria Mediaevalia; 2018, Vol. 14, p221-228, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
The paper discusses the sword scabbard's lower fitting which was accidentally discovered in Mielnik upon Bug (Siemiatycze District, Podlaskie Voivodeship) in the course of agricultural works in the 1980s. The paper offers a characteristic and metrological data of the find, as well as results of specialist analyses, that is, metallography and the elemental composition of the alloy. The analyses demonstrated that the artefact had been cast from tin-zinc-lead bronze. The chape displays similarities of its form to Subtype Ib4 according to A. Tomsons. However, analogous artefacts have not been known so far. Due to this, the find from Mielnik was tentatively classified as Variant Mielnik of Subtype Ib4 and it was preliminarily dated to the 10th century. A possibility of Scandinavian origin of the discussed chape cannot be excluded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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