Ancient "Snartemo" Sword, Early 6th Century AD,
Magnificent iron sword with gold and silver plated hilt and wooden scabbard with silver doping shoe. Broken in several pieces, but complete.
It was discovered in the autumn of 1933 by Richard and Olav Kjellingland on the farm Snartemo in Southern Norway.
They found a large stone slab with a cavity underneath, which contained a stately tomb. Inside the tomb, they found the sword, which later became known as the Ancient Snartemo Sword.
Total length 92 cm, of which the scabbard with doping shoe 79 cm. Upper and lower hilt length 9.6 and 11.1 cm respectively.













