Miecze średniowieczne z Pomorza Wschodniego

• Authors: Świętosławski Witold

Title variants

EN

Medieval swords from Eastern Pomerania

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Few medieval swords have been found in Eastern Pomerania, in comparison with other areas of the old Polish state. No sword has been found which dates to the earlier part of the Middle Ages. The 6 oldest swords, dated to the 11th and 12th centuries, were discovered in graves. Some are beautifully decorated. Suggestions about where they were produced are not convincing. Analogies are known from Western Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltic states, which were inhabited in the early Middle Ages by the Prussians. 5 swords from the 13th to the 15th centuries are random finds. Two of them bear the mark of a "running wolf". On one there is an inscription which has been differently read by different researchers. There is no analogy so far. Also discovered were 5 scabbard chapes. In three cases the technology employed in producing these swords was examined. One of them turned out to be a 19th century copy. The two authentic ones were made by bonding soft and hard iron rods. Finds of swords are concentrated in three parts of Eastern Pomerania, the three most important regions of settlement in this part of Poland.

Keywords

PL

miecz; pochwa miecza; uzbrojenie; wczesne średniowiecze; Pomorze; Wschodnie

EN

sword; scabbard; weapons; Middle Ages; Eastern Pomerania

• Publisher: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Gdańsku
• Journal: Pomorania Antiqua
• Year: 2019
• Volume: Tom XXVIII
• Pages: s. 153-182

Contributors

author

Świętosławski Witold

• Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii, Uniwersytet Gdański, ul. Bielańska 5, 80-894 Gdańsk