Weaving Sword (NHMW-PRAE-81.223)

3D Model

3D scan of an iron weaving sword from Hauskirchen grave 13. This is one of the most abundantly equipped graves in the Middle Danube region of the Migration Era. The burial of a 25- to 30-year-old woman had been damaged so severely in the past that the original position of many of the grave goods ─ including this weaving sword ─ is unclear. It is assumed that with the addition of a weaving sword the elevated familial and social position of the person interred was expressed.

The iron weaving sword can be found in Hall 13 of the NHMW.

This object was digitized for the go!digital 3.0 project bITEM.

Object: Iron weaving sword from Hauskirchen grave 13

Inventory number: NHMW-PRAE-81.223

Collection: NHMW, Prehistory Department, Historical Archaeology Collection (curator: Stefan Eichert)

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Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & N. Brodtmann (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.