4th-5th century A.D. A double-edged long sword (spatha) of Illerup-Wyhl typology, with elements of Osterburken-Kemathen type; the blade with narrow parallel cutting edges tapering towards the point, battle nicks to the edges; short tang. Cf. Miks, C., Studien zur Romischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit, I-II Banden, Rahden, 2007, cat.nos. A85, A239, A536, no.63. 667 grams, 93.5 cm long (36 3/4 in.). Dutch collection, circa 2000. With Mr D.V.B., Netherlands, 2017. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. A large group of spathae blades have been classified from C. Miks as 'lllerup-Wyhl' type in terms of their proportions, dimensions and shape. They should be regarded as a mixture of the 'StraubingNydam' and 'Lauriacum-Hromowka' type blades and are therefore difficult to be assigned unequivocally to one or another type. The chosen double designation takes into account the fact that corresponding blades in a lighter, narrower form, are represented by apparently several representatives in the concentration C of finds from the lllerup Ädal bog (Miks, 2007, no.A321), and by a heavy, broader blade from body grave 22 of a late mixed Romano-Germanic cemeteries in Wyhl (Miks, 2007, A798). The type is representative of the Migration Period swords.