Category: Knife

Fibula, knife, sword and bone B5765/a-c

Fibula with an hourglass-like shape on the head and spiral ends. Most of the needle is missing; the loop is broken at one end. The fibula is heavily corroded. Length: 9.5 cm. B5765/a.

Small frame-handled knife with an oval, flat end. The tip is missing. The blade is asymmetrical. The knife is green and corroded. Length: 9 cm. B5765/b.

Flange-hilted sword. The blade has a marked, round central rib. The sides are damaged and the tip is broken. The shaft is broken, one fragment is preserved. There are two rivets on the top of the blade, and four rivets on the shaft. The wear on the blade indicates that the shaft was crescent-shaped. The sword is heavily corroded. Length: c. 30 cm. B5765/c.

A collection of bones (no museum number).

Photo: Svein Skare

Location:
Storasund, Karmøy, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a mound in 1902. The burial was documented by an amateur archaeologist while the landowner removed the mound, which measured 20 x 2.5 m. A stone coffin was found at the bottom of the mound; it measured 1.9 x 0.45 m and was 0.46-0.47 m deep, built of four large slabs and covered by two slabs. The bottom was covered with stones with a layer of beach sand and moss on top. Inside were unburnt bones, a fibula (B5765/a) and a knife (B5765/b). The fibula was found in the center of the grave, one end in the sand, while the knife was found in the southern end. A sword (B5765/c) was found in the fill about 0.5 m from the top of the mound. An iron sickle and burnt bones were reportedly found in this mound.

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3

Knife blade B4998/a

Small knife blade. Both ends are broken; one end could possibly be part of a haft plate. It has a slightly marked central rib on one side and is flat on the other. Probably a knife, or possibly a saw. Length: c.5.5 cm

Location:
Holen, Time, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a stone cist in a small mound. The coffin measured 1.10 x 0.55-0.75 m and was built of plates. It was filled with fine soil, about 0.3 m deep, and the soil contained some cremated bones, charcoal and B4998/a. Several bones were found on the bottom slabs. Another grave was found higher up in the mound, some iron fragments were found around.

Date:
The object is difficult to date, possibly a later Bronze Age or pre-Roman Iron Age.

Knife / dagger fragments B4913

Three fragments of a small, hilted knife or dagger. The fragments suggest an oval cut. The largest fragment is the part where the shaft meets the blade, indicating that the knife was cast in one piece, with a crescent-shaped transition to the blade. The shape of the blade suggests that this may have been a small dagger. The fragments are heavily corroded. The largest fragment measures 4.1 cm. Photo: Svein Skare © University Museum in Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Location:
Unknown farm, Jæren, Rogaland

Context:
There is no information on where or when the fragments were found.

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3

Knife B4466

A small tanged knife. The blade is curved along the back, while the edge is straight. The knife is heavily corroded. The blade was broken and has been glued together. Length: 7.4 cm

Photo: Svein Skare © University Museum in Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Location:
Skadberg, Eigersund, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a stone cist in a mound. The knife was stuck between the stones in the coffin, and there were cremated bones on the bottom slab. A similar chamber had previously been found in the northern part of the mound. No other information.

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3.