germanic spear pendant kowel 3rd century bronze Lifestyle 5 cm in length and

5 cm in length and 16 cm in width

It combines well with leg armour

ensuring a snug fit

knobkerry or knopkierie

who traded with the steppe people

germanic spear pendant kowel 3rd century bronze Lifestyle 5 cm in length andThis pendant is modeled on a Germanic spearhead from the Gothic burial ground of Suszyczno near Kowel in Ukraine, found in 1858 and dated to the first half of the 3rd century. The special feature of the Kowel spearhead is the mysterious runic inscription 'tilarids', inscribed on both sides of the spear blade in a very ancient form of the Elder Futhark one of the oldest known runic inscriptions in the world. There is no clear translation, but the