File:Britishmuseumhungarianbronzeswords.jpg
Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 160 × 240 pixels | 320 × 480 pixels | 512 × 768 pixels | 682 × 1,024 pixels | 1,365 × 2,048 pixels | 2,592 × 3,888 pixels.
Original file (2,592 × 3,888 pixels, file size: 6.66 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
Summary
| Description |
English: Bronze swords and fittings from Hungary in the British Museum. Tag on exhibit reads: "Bronze weapon hoard. This hoard contains four matched sets of arms, possibly belonging to four warriors. Each set comprises two swords, two suspension rings and a spearhead. Also associated was a cart fitting. The swords are early forms of the leaf-shaped type. They were often richly decorated on the hilt or blade with incised goemetric patterns. The rings could have served to suspend the sheath from a belt. Late Bronze Age, about 1200-1050 BC. Zsujta, Borsod-Abauj, Hungary. PE 1888,0110.2-21" See BM database entry for more details.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 4 June 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Ealdgyth (Own work) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 16:22, 30 July 2010 | | 2,592 × 3,888 (6.66 MB) | Ealdgyth | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Bronze swords and fittings from Hungary in the British Museum. Tag on exhibit reads: "Bronze weapon hoard. This hoard contains four matched sets of arms, possibly belonging to four warriors. Each set comprises two swords, |
File usage
The following 2 pages use this file:
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on de.wikipedia.org
- Usage on eo.wikipedia.org
- Usage on hu.wikipedia.org
- Usage on hy.wikipedia.org
- Usage on mk.wikipedia.org
- Usage on sv.wikipedia.org
- Usage on uz.wikipedia.org
