Big sword type Z (special) from Chernaya Mogila. Rus, X-XI AD.
€ 510
Rus / Anglo-Saxonian
X-XI century
The pommel and crosshair were covered with inlay. Unfortunately, the heat of the funeral pyre melted most of the inlaid metal, but, nevertheless, it is obvious that the frontal surface of the sword parts is decorated with floral ornamentation. The search for analogues to the features of the ornamentation of the “big” sword from the Black Grave unexpectedly led to the UK. Here, back in 1967, a special group of swords was identified, named “Wallingford type”. The shapes of the pommels and crosshairs, and most importantly their ornamentation, largely coincide with the shape and ornamentation of the details of the sword from the Black Grave.
The presence of the Anglo-Saxon sword in the Black Grave is a vivid reflection of the complex ways of forming a multiethnic and receptive to foreign cultural innovations of the druzhin culture of Ancient Russia. The elder man buried in the Black Grave mound occupied a high position in the hierarchy of society, probably bore the Slavic name Chern, fought with an Anglo-Saxon sword and a nomadic saber, wore a Khazar helmet in battle, drank from a horn made in Russia, played hneftafl, prayed to the Scandinavian god, used a spear with a Christian cross, and owned a Byzantine gold.
Source: Blog of State Historical Museum
-blade 72-85 cm
-crossguard 11 cm
-blade width near crossguard 5 cm
-blade thickness near crossguard 5,5 cm
-weight 1-1,2 kg
-gravity center 12-15 cm from crossguard
-steel 60S2A (spring structural steel)
-tempering 55 HRC
You may add a baldric HERE.
We’ll choose the correct moulds / buckles / strap ends for your sword and will mount the best sword’s baldric for you! 🙂
Price doesn’t include scabbard. You can add scabbard pressing the button under this description.
-scabbard #1 (wood/genuine leather/no chape)
-scabbard #2 (wood/genuine leather/lambskin inside/chape)
