130 '/'///; in<)\ 



swords seem to be chiefly single-edged, a departure from the 



Fig. 167. Shield boss, ruined In- 

 cuts, Norway. Found with a 

 double-edged sword, blade broken 

 in two places, a bit for a horse, 

 &c. real size. 



Fig. 166. Axe, ruined by cuts on 

 its edge. Norway. 



Fig. 168. Fig. 169. Fig. 170. 



Half-moon shaped knives, sharp on the outside edge, with one 

 end ending in a loop or ring, and the bundle twisted ; 

 found at Kannikegaard. real size 



Fig. 172. Found in cinerary deposit at Kannikegaard, one 

 of nineteen nearly perfect swords. | real size. 



shape of the bronze swords : the fragments of the shields are 

 of wood, with hoary iron bosses and handles. 



