**Collection:** Prehistory and Historical Archeology Dept. **Inv.-No.:** [UF-23109.9](https://www.online.landessammlungen-noe.at/objects/1508896) **Material:** Iron, Gold, Coral **Dimensions:** 74 x 5,8 cm **Dating:** 375-200 BCE The sword is forged from iron, and has an iron scabbard. It is characterised by a hilt with remnants of wood, a small rivet, a spherical pommel with volute decorations, a crossguard featuring a roof-shaped metal plate with spiral volutes, and a rivet securing the plate. The scabbard has a roof-shaped mouth. On the front are two connected decorative rivets with a gold sheet rivet, coral overlay, below that sheet metal with volutes and below that a triangular, openwork net ornament. Several circular elements can be seen on the sides. The back features a profiled bar, accompanied by a small triangular net ornament backed with gold sheet. This object was digitized through the ‘Kulturerbe digital’ program of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport.