A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in Prussia
This paper discusses the results of new technological examinations of a spatha blade from a bog sacrificial place in Lake Nidajno, Czaszkowo (Zatzkowen), Mrągowo District, Prussia, PL. The site can be dated to the turn of the Late Roman Period and the Migration Period and its origin may have been r...
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Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences
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This paper discusses the results of new technological examinations of a spatha blade from a bog sacrificial place in Lake Nidajno, Czaszkowo (Zatzkowen), Mrągowo District, Prussia, PL. The site can be dated to the turn of the Late Roman Period and the Migration Period and its origin may have been related to interactions between Germanic, Balt and Black Sea and North-Eastern Mediterranean cultures, and perhaps to migrations of the Galindians to Southern Europe and back. The archaeometallurgical examinations demonstrated that the blade had been manufactured using a complex pattern-welding technology. As a result, a weapon which possessed both high combat values and unique aesthetic traits was produced. The blade itself may be of Roman provenance.
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba7d75f87d554bc69624a01a9ba59a1c2025-08-20T03:28:32ZdeuInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesFasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae0860-00072719-70692020-12-013310.23858/FAH33.2020.001A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in PrussiaGrzegorz Żabiński0Institute of History, Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa This paper discusses the results of new technological examinations of a spatha blade from a bog sacrificial place in Lake Nidajno, Czaszkowo (Zatzkowen), Mrągowo District, Prussia, PL. The site can be dated to the turn of the Late Roman Period and the Migration Period and its origin may have been related to interactions between Germanic, Balt and Black Sea and North-Eastern Mediterranean cultures, and perhaps to migrations of the Galindians to Southern Europe and back. The archaeometallurgical examinations demonstrated that the blade had been manufactured using a complex pattern-welding technology. As a result, a weapon which possessed both high combat values and unique aesthetic traits was produced. The blade itself may be of Roman provenance. https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2528swordspathapattern-welding technologyarchaeometallurgyRoman PeriodMigration Period |
| spellingShingle | Grzegorz Żabiński A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in Prussia Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae sword spatha pattern-welding technology archaeometallurgy Roman Period Migration Period |
| title | A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in Prussia |
| title_full | A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in Prussia |
| title_fullStr | A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in Prussia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in Prussia |
| title_short | A Weapon from the Turn of the Epochs – A Unique Spatha from Lake Nidajno in Prussia |
| title_sort | weapon from the turn of the epochs a unique spatha from lake nidajno in prussia |
| topic | sword spatha pattern-welding technology archaeometallurgy Roman Period Migration Period |
| url | https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2528 |
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