Artist: Unknown Artist/Maker (German, 18Th Century)
Date: 1000
Museum: Vistula River Museum (Kazimierz Dolny, Poland)
Technique: Iron
This iron sword comes from the 2nd half of the 11th century. It was discovered in 1993 by schoolchildren from Bochotnica, who were digging a trench for a telephone line. The excavation site turned out to be a grave of a man — a Bochotnica knight. The sword, with a broad flat blade, wide fuller, straight cross-guard and convex pommel, along with other discovered objects, formed a part of funerary equipment of this skeletal burial. Unfortunately, the sword was damaged while being taken out. It is undoubtedly one of the most unique archaeological exhibits of the Vistula Museum — not only because early medieval military memorabilia of this type are extremely rare, but also because, thanks to appropriate conduct on the part of the Bochotnica school principal and history teacher, we were able to learn about the context of this accidental discovery during the rescue survey. The sword was a part of funerary equipment of a man’s burial, which also featured a half of a silver coin, an iron knife and copper plates, forming the locket of the knife scabbard, which was most likely made of leather. Right next to this site, severely damaged remains of a woman’s grave were found. The only element of its equipment was a ring made of silver wires, found on the deceased woman’s right hand. At the time of its discovery, it was only the sixth find of this type of military memorabilia encountered in a grave in Central Europe.
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