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
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
Martijn A. Wijnhoven (VU University Amsterdam)
https://vu-nl.academia.edu/MartijnAWijnhoven