"The paper deals with a metallographic examination of a sword from grave No. 438, which was uncovered at the site of Mikul\u010Dice (Hodon\u00EDn county), a former early medieval stronghold in Moravia (Czech Republic). Mikul\u010Dice was one of the main power centres of the Great Moravia - the first state formed by Slavs north of the Danube River - which was created in the first third of the 9th century and ended at the beginning of the 10th century. The sword, provided with a single flattened hemispherical pommel (Petersen X type), has a blade bearing an inscription that is no longer legible. According to the results of metallographic examination, the blade was hardened and consists of steel cutting edges welded on a core, which was composed of steel side-plates and a middle strip of iron or low-carbon steel. It was an excellent sword, undoubtedly one of the best swords excavated in Mikul\u010Dice." . . "Ho\u0161ek, Ji\u0159\u00ED" . . "Gladius" . . . "The paper deals with a metallographic examination of a sword from grave No. 438, which was uncovered at the site of Mikul\u010Dice (Hodon\u00EDn county), a former early medieval stronghold in Moravia (Czech Republic). Mikul\u010Dice was one of the main power centres of the Great Moravia - the first state formed by Slavs north of the Danube River - which was created in the first third of the 9th century and ended at the beginning of the 10th century. The sword, provided with a single flattened hemispherical pommel (Petersen X type), has a blade bearing an inscription that is no longer legible. According to the results of metallographic examination, the blade was hardened and consists of steel cutting edges welded on a core, which was composed of steel side-plates and a middle strip of iron or low-carbon steel. It was an excellent sword, undoubtedly one of the best swords excavated in Mikul\u010Dice."@en . "149645" . "000313747900005" . . "RIV/67985912:_____/12:00389376" . . . . "prosinec" . "B\u00E1rta, P." . . "Mikul\u010Dice; Great Moravia; early medieval sword; archaeometallurgy"@en . . . . "32" . . . "The metallographic examination of sword no. 438 as part of a systematic survey of swords from the early medieval stronghold of Mikul\u010Dice, Czech Republic" . . "The metallographic examination of sword no. 438 as part of a systematic survey of swords from the early medieval stronghold of Mikul\u010Dice, Czech Republic"@en . "The metallographic examination of sword no. 438 as part of a systematic survey of swords from the early medieval stronghold of Mikul\u010Dice, Czech Republic" . . "0436-029X" . "The metallographic examination of sword no. 438 as part of a systematic survey of swords from the early medieval stronghold of Mikul\u010Dice, Czech Republic"@en . "I, P(GAP405/12/2289), P(KJB800020803)" . "16"^^ . "1"^^ . . . "3"^^ . "ES - \u0160pan\u011Blsk\u00E9 kr\u00E1lovstv\u00ED" . . "RIV/67985912:_____/12:00389376!RIV13-GA0-67985912" . "10.3989/gladius.2012.0005" . "Ko\u0161ta, J." . "[F56928E09B9F]" .