Kehmstedt depot

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The depot finds from Kehmstedt (left) and Bothenheilingen (right) with the bronze shields from Herzsprung (Brandenburg) and two sword molds from Wennungen (Saxony-Anhalt); State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale)

The custodian of Kehmstedt is a seven swords and a spearhead of existing hoard of Late Bronze Age from Kehmstedt in the district of Nordhausen , Thuringia . The depot dates from the 9th or 8th century BC. Today it is exhibited in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle (Saale) .

Find history

The depot was discovered in 1906 when the road from Kehmstedt to Bleicherode was being expanded .

description

When found, the weapons all pointed in one direction, which suggests that they had been placed in a bundle. The total weight of the finds is 5.36 kg. The weapons are two antenna swords (hereinafter No. 1 and 2, an Auverni sword (No. 3), three Möring swords (No. 4-6), a sword with an oval tang without a handle (No. 7) and one Lance tip (No. 8).

  • The depot: two antenna swords, an Auverni sword, three Möring swords, a sword with an oval tang without a handle, a lance tip

  • Detail view of the sword handles

  • Detail view of the sword handles

The objects are not standardized, but have different dimensions and material compositions. The swords have the following dimensions:

No. Weight overall length Blade length Max. Blade width Blade length / blade width
1 1 kg ~ 77.5 cm 1 ~ 65.5 cm 1 3.7 cm 17.7
2 0.62 kg 62 cm 49 cm 3.3 cm 15th
3 0.805 kg 70 cm 60.5 cm 3.4 cm 17th
4th 0.92 kg 70 cm 60 cm 4 cm 15th
5 0.61 kg 66 cm 56 cm 3.5 cm 16
6th 0.605 kg ~ 57.5 cm 2 ~ 47.5 cm 2 3.5 cm 13
7th 0.495 kg 68.5 cm 61 cm 2.9 cm 21st
1 Tip broken off, only got 76 cm total or 64 cm blade length
1 Tip broken off, only got 55 cm total or 45 cm blade length

The lance tip has a total length of 41 cm. The blade has a maximum width of 6 cm and the nozzle has a mouth diameter of 2.2 cm.

literature

  • Harald Meller (Eds.), Regine Maraszek et al .: Glutgeboren. Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. Volume 5). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2015, ISBN 978-3-944507-14-9 , pp. 166–167.
  • Karl Reuss : Find reports from the Provincial Museum in Halle a. S. In: Annual journal for the prehistory of the Saxon-Thuringian countries. Volume 7, 1908, pp. 1-16 ( online ).
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : The Germanic full-grip swords of the younger Bronze Age (= Roman-Germanic research. Volume 9). De Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1934.
  • Harry Wüstemann : The swords in East Germany (= prehistoric bronze finds. Department 4, Volume 15). Steiner, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-515-08441-X .

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