The discoveries at Nydam Bog originate from so-called spoils-of-war sacrifices. The weapons comprise swords and shields, spears and lances, axes, bows and arrows. The warriors’ personal equipment and possessions were also sacrificed.
The left-hand picture shows just a small part of the weapon finds. The largest of the swords in the right-hand picture has a large pommel in bronze with niello inlay spiral ornamentation. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II excavated the sword herself upon the occasion of her visit to Nydam Bog.
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InThese swords, spearheads and bronze shield fittings are from the beginning of the 3rd century AD. They were found in a boundary zone between two of Engelhardt’s excavation sites. Remains of arrow and lance shafts and a woven bast cap were found in the same location.
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