Hoard

The blade of the sword is decorated with two parallel lines of a meander pattern above and below the rounded fuller. Eight of the axes have short pointed handles, three have flat circular handles, and the fourth has a handle that extends from a horizontal grooved cylinder at the shoulder to a curved top.

Hoard with sword and axes

Medium:: Bronze

Dimensions:: Sword Length: 53 cm, Maximum width: 7 cm; Disc-butted axes (3) Length: 19.2–19.8 cm, Maximum width: 6.7–7.6 cm; Shaft-tube axe Length: 20.3 cm, Maximum width: 7.3 cm; Shaft-hole axes (8) Length: 14.6–16.7 cm, Maximum width: 5.4–7.3 cm

Context:: Hajdúsámson-Hegedűs-hegy, Hungary

Date:: 1700-1600 BCE

Inventory Number:: Sz. 1907.1204–1907.1214, Sz. 1907.1216, IV.89.5.1

Lender:: Déri Museum, Debrecen, Hungary

Credit:: Photo © Field Museum, photographer Ádám Vágó