Fragmented bar stud (rod-shaped button). The rod is broken on both sides, one fragment is preserved. Total length of the longest side is 5 cm. The bar has faint traces of vertical parallel lines. The hole is oval. The rod pin is heavily corroded and it measures 3.6 x 2.6 cm. The fragment measures 2.8 cm.
Location:
Lunde, Farsund, Vest-Agder
Context:
Found in a mound, among charcoal and burnt bones. There is no information about a possible coffin, or in which part of the mound it was found. The mound is identified as No. VIII on the map of the mounds at Lunde (Ab. 1877:99). According to the catalogue, a clay bead (B04139) was also found in the mound (Ab.1882).
Dagger. It has a triangular hilt plate, the blade has a marked center rib, and there are some notches along the sides. The blade is corroded. Length: 26.3 cm. B5952/a.
Small razor with horse head-shaped handle. The blade is curved, the end is broken. The handle is long, slender and curved, and ends in a horse’s head. There is no other decoration. Length: c. 7 cm. B5952/b.
Complete fibula with disc-shaped head and spiral ends. There is weak decoration on the hoop: slanted, twisted lines. The fibula is heavily corroded. Length: 9.7 cm. B5952/c.
Double button, consisting of two disks connected by a short rod. The upper plate is domed and decorated: a star in the center, surrounded by parallel lines. Part of the disc is damaged. The double button is corroded. Width: 2.7 cm. B5952/d.
Decorated tweezers. The bow is broken. There is a thin line and two rows of triangles running from the bow to the mouth of the tweezers. The decoration is weak due to wear and corrosion. Length: 9.3 cm. B5952/e.
Context:
Found in a mound, «Kubbhaug», excavated by Shetelig and Brøgger in 1905. The mound was 17 x 2.7 m and was built of earth, with a layer of round stones at the bottom. The remains of a disturbed curb could be seen near the edge of the mound. An inner coffin was found NW of the centre, it measured 3.5 x 2.7 m, height 0.85 m. The coffin covered a brick chamber, 1.8 x 0.6 m, 0.4 m deep. The bottom was covered with small stones and bark. A cranium was found at the northern end of the coffin, other bones were found in the middle.
Date:
The collection can be dated to the Early Bronze Age period 3.
Context:
Found in a pile around 1904. The pile was 22 m across. There was a stone chest north of the middle of the mound, it was built of boulders and measured 0.85 x 0.40 m. There is no information about the location of the find in the chest.
Date:
The razor is dated to the younger bronze age period 4-5.
Razor knife with asymmetric wide blade, handle broken and missing. The end is straight and has been damaged. The blade is golden brown and there are marks along the back and edge that correspond to the bronze shroud found in the burial. Similar to Baudou’s type XI B 1a. Length: 6.4 cm. B5003/a.
Thin bronze plate, razor-shaped, the ends folded on three sides. The folds correspond to marks on the planer, which indicates that this is a sheath/case for the planer. Length: c.7.5 cm. B5003/b.
Incomplete clay flat urn. Brown ware, no decoration apart from two holes on one side (face). The urn has been reconstructed from ceramic shards found in the grave. Double conical body and flat bottom. Width: 14.5 cm (bottom), 20 cm (top) Height: c. 18 cm. B5003/c.
Incomplete clay urn. Brown goods, no decoration. The urn has been reconstructed from ceramic shards found in the grave. Double conical body and flat bottom. Width: 15.5 cm (bottom), 18 cm (top) Height: c. 11 cm. B5003/d.
There is also a lid. The lid is round and reconstructed from fragments in the grave. It is not clear which urn it originally belonged to. Width: c. 11 cm. B5003/e.
Context:
Found in a mound, «Dyrhaug», excavated by Gustafson in 1892-93. The mound was 22 m across and had a height of about 3.5 m. There was an inner cairn, 11-12 m x 2.5 m, covered with soil and a layer of stone. A large coffin was found in the center of the mound, containing some fragments of a skull and some teeth, probably an Early Bronze Age burial. The side of the ditch collapsed the following year, revealing a small coffin, 45 x 35 cm, 35 cm deep, built of boulders, about 3 m east of the central pit and higher up in the mound, about 1 m below the top. It contained B5003a-d and cremated bones. A stone coffin containing bones is said to have been found near the edge of the mound a few years earlier.
Date:
The razor is dated to the Younger Bronze Age period 4-5. The urns are dated to period 5.
Small razor with S-shaped handle. Part of the handle is missing, and the end is partially missing. Green and corroded. Baudous type XXV B 1. Length: 6.4 cm. B3333/a.
Fragment of a small tanged blade, arrowhead. The tip is missing. Baudous type V A. Length: c. 4 cm. B3333/b.
Fragments of a disc-headed pin. There are horizontal parallel lines below the head. The needle and needle head are corroded. Baudou’s type XI B 2a. Length: 5.8 cm (needle) and 2 cm (head). B3333/c.
Location:
Sola, Sola, Rogaland
Context: Found in a mound, Store Melhaug, excavated by Anders Lorange in 1879. The mound had a diameter of about 27-28 m and was built of sand. There was a large stone wall 4 m from the edge, it was 3 m wide and 1 m high, and it contained a small secondary grave containing B03333/a-c. The cist was made of slabs and measured 0.5 m. Eight m further east another drywalled cist was found, measuring 2 m and filled with soil. A similar cist was found in the wall on the northern side of the mound; there were no finds but the remains of an inhumation could be seen on the bottom slabs. There was a small cairn in the centre, covering a drywalled cist measuring 1.5 m and made from small flat stones and a large slab. The bottom consisted of small flat stones on a layer of pebbles, and the remains of an inhumation were found. Around the skeleton there were the remains of a coarse textile, and a wooden container with grains behind the head. None of the organic material has been preserved.
Date:
The collection is dated to the Early Bronze Age period 4-5.
Complete decorated tweezers, waisted and ending in a wide mouth. It was broken at the bow; the fracture has been repaired at the museum. The decoration consists of a ribbon of transverse parallel lines running along the sides and curving around three knobs, one above the other two, forming a triangle. Golden, some corrosion, otherwise well preserved. The decoration is similar to Baudou’s type VII D, while the shape is similar to XII E 1. Length: c. 6.5 cm Width: 2.5 cm above the mouth.
Context:
Found in a mound, the «Tangerhaugen» which contained two small cists built of slabs. One was empty; the other contained B02597 cremated bones.
Date:
The shape and decoration indicate a date to the Younger Bronze Age period 4-5.
Razor with horse head and decoration. The handle ends in a horse’s head, complete with two small ears. The end of the razor is missing. Slightly curved, and the blade is narrow. The top and sides have geometric ornamentation: the top has alternating sets of vertical lines and chevrons. The sides have two parallel lines, then three parallel sets of triangles, two parallel lines and triangles. Golden, there is some corrosion. Length: c. 7.5 cm. Width: 1.2 cm across the blade.
Context:
Found in a mound at Sola in 1834, together with B449, B906, B907 and B909. No other information. This cannot be confirmed, as the original catalog mentions that the finds may have come from several mounds.
Context:
Found in a mound at Reheia on Karmøy in 1844; we do not know which mound and there is no information about the burial. It was found together with gold leaf (B548) and cremated bones (B547).
Small razor (B11184/a) with a curved handle ending in a small flat button (stylized horse’s head). The blade is wide and narrows towards the handle. There is some damage to the blade and end, otherwise it is well preserved. Dark green patina; there is some corrosion on the handle. Length: 8.8 cm Width: 2.2 cm
Small pieces of wood and bark (B11184/b)
Burnt bones (B11184/c) Photo: Svein Skare
Context: Found in a small stone chest in a pile at Valevågen. The cairn was built on an outcrop, and was partially excavated by Egil Bakka in 1958. Røysen measured 14 x 2 m, and had an inner wall with a diameter of 7 m. The wall consisted of flat stones and boulders. A small stone chest was found next to the wall; last measured 0.6 x 0.4 m, it was 0.25 m deep. The bottom plate was covered by a layer of sand and the rake knife was stuck in the sand. There was no urn; cremated bones were found under the base plate. Chips were found on the bottom of the coffin and birch bark was found around the sides, between the cover plate and the standing slabs.
Location:
Hysstad (no. 26/1), Stord, Hordaland
Date:
Razor with stylized horse heads is dated to the Younger Bronze Age period 4.
Found together with: Small undecorated jar (B7656/a). There is some damage around the rim, otherwise the pot is complete. It has a wide handle on one side. The item is red both outside and inside, dark grey/black where there is a break. The bottom is convex, with a marked transition to the upper half, which is concave. Baudou’s type XXVIII B3. Width: 8.9 cm (bottom). Height: c. 16.5 cm
Burnt bones, both human and animal bones (B7656/c)
Context: Found in a burial in a plowed grave with a diameter of 15-17 m and the height was approx. 1.5 m. A small stone chest of 0.5×0.25 m was found outside the center in the remains of the mound. It was filled with soil and charcoal and there was a small pot (B7656/a) in the middle. The pot contained B7656/b and cremated bones (B7656/c).
Location:
Grindheim (no. 75/1), Etne, Hordaland
Date:
Similar rake knives have been found in collections dated to the Younger Bronze Age period 4.
Urn with cremated bones (B3875/a). It was made of clay tempered with sand, red/orange on the outside, gray on the inside. The urn was double-conical. There were 15 small holes along the widest part of the urn. There were only minor injuries. Height: 24.5 cm
Shards of a second urn (B3875/b), red/orange wares tempered with sand. The bottom shards indicate a conical shape. The surface is somewhat uneven. According to the original catalogue, this pot may have been used as a lid.
Arrowhead with tanges (B03875/c). The brown patina is almost completely removed. The pliers have a square cross-section. Baudous type V A. Length: 8.7 cm
Small double button with decoration (B3875/d). The top plate is raised and conical, and is decorated with concentric rings interspersed with two rows of vertical parallel lines. Width: 2 cm. Height: 1.7 cm
Small awl, broken at one end (B3875/e). When it was found there was a small point and a wooden handle, but both snapped and disintegrated when touched. One end has a round cross-section, while the other end has a square cross-section and ends in a small tongs. Length: 2.4 cm
Context:
Found in a long mound pile, in a small stone cist measuring 1.5 feet and built of slabs. A larger, collapsed stone coffin was found nearby in 1880. The mound was low.
Location:
Vest-Hassel, Farsund, Vest-Agder
Date:
Both the arrowhead and the button indicate a date to the Younger Bronze Age period 4.
