Iron Age Sword, Castilla La Mancha, Spain

Falcata (curved single-edged sword used by the Iberians). It was intentionally bent during the funeral ritual. From the archaeological site of Alarcos (Necropolis of Alarcos II, Grave 16), Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Iron Age (3rd-1st centuries BCE). In the collection of the Ciudad Real Museum.
Citation: De la muerte a la eternidad: la necrópolis ibérica de Alarcos (Ciudad Real), 2018: 157.
This work is part of the collaboration agreement signed in 2020 between the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha and Global Digital Heritage for the digitization of the Cultural Heritage of Castilla-La Mancha region. We want to publicly thank the collaboration of the Museum of Ciudad Real, especially by its director José Ignacio de la Torre.