Viking Pattern-Welded Sword

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 06 March 2021

Viking Pattern-Welded Sword — A 10th Century CE steel sword, likely made in Scandinavia. The high quality of the pattern-welded steel blade, and beautiful decoration on the hilt, indicates that it was owned by a high status warrior. Steel blade, decorated with copper, silver and niello. 95.9 cm (37 3/4 in) x 11 cm (4 5/16 in). Weight: 1021 g (2 lb. 4 oz).(Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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© Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Republished for educational/scholarly use under the museum's Open Access for Scholarly Content initiative. Original image by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 06 March 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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