Find Spot: Konsterud, Visnum sn, Värmland, Sweden

Date of Illustration: 0 CE

Current Location: Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, No. 19969

Description: Cowhorn with five fingerholes with tip cut off. Hole at exit for carrying strap, two rings carved around mouthpiece end, further ornamented with engraved lines. Bogfind. Overall length 275 mm.

The horn was found in 1946 while digging peat in a bog at Konsterud, a few kilometres south of Kristinehamn. It turned out to be from the older Iron Age, dated by C14 to around the year 0.

Citations: Lund, 1974, 19

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