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Bronze Scythian shortsword (with modern marble stand), ~6th century BCE (lemmy.world)
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[–] Daviedavo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The picture is too low res to tell for sure, but I believe what you are actually seeing is a rod that comes out of the base, runs behind the sword, and has a cradle at the top to hold the sword just under the guard (the two shiny bits of metal).