Asset Overview
The 3D model presents a digital reconstruction of a sword blade found in Vimose, Denmark.
Date: 2nd –3rd century AD.
Description: Complete sword, including tang. It still preserves the decorative rivet head that fixed the pommel to the tang. Total length of sword, tang and rivet head: c. 650 mm. Length of blade: c. 505 mm. Blade width: 48 mm.
Literature: Miks, C. (2007) Studien zur römischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit. Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, Rahden, 752, pl. 38
The authors of the reconstruction are
Martijn A. Wijnhoven (VU University Amsterdam) https://vu-nl.academia.edu/MartijnAWijnhoven
Aleksei Moskvin (Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design) https://independent.academia.edu/AlekseiMoskvin
Mariia Moskvina (Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design) https://independent.academia.edu/MariiaMoskvina