KM; 



THE BKOXZE AGE. 



centric rings on the side. What was the meaning of the 

 offering or find will always remain a mystery. 



The curiously-shaped knives, which are found in very great 

 numbers, seem to be peculiar to the North, and the North of 

 Germany. What they were used for is hard to tell, possibly 

 as sacrificial knives. It can hardly be doubted that the signs 

 upon them are symbolical ; some may be representations of the 

 sun-ship, others are somewhat like minute representations of the 

 rock-tracings, or designs upon Greek coins, while the heads of 

 horses remind us of the gold vases represented in this chapter. 



Fig. 85. Bronze knife, with sun ship and fish. Real size. In a 

 mound at Skjellerup, near Aarhus, North Jutland. 





Fig. 86. Bronze knife, without handle, with a serpent. Real size 

 In a mound, Jutland, with three stone cotfins. 



Fig. 87. Bronze knife. Real size. Found in mound 

 in Jutland. 



Fig. 88. Bronze knife in clay urn, with burnt bones, two other knives. 



real size. Denmark. 



