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Contributions of Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb, Vol. 29 No. -, 2012.

Preliminary communication

Second Avar Khaganate Sabre or Pallos Cross-guard from Nin

Tomislav Aralica
Mato Ilkić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-639X ; University of Zadar, Department of Archaeology, Zadar, Croatia

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Abstract

The article discusses an early mediaeval sabre or pallos cross-guard from Nin. The authors have assigned the cross-guard to the Second Avar Khaganate, to which a dozen finds of this sort of weapon from the territory of continental Croatia also belong. The cross-guard from the ancient Croatian capital represents a unique find in Dalmatia. It was unearthed in 2000 in archaeological excavations in front of the façade of Saint Anselm’s parish church, which once was Nin Cathedral.

Keywords

Nin; sabre/pallos; cross-guard; Second Avar Khaganate; Early Middle Ages

Hrčak ID:

102822

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/102822

Publication date:

9.4.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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