Some Rare of Specimens Weapons in the Archaeological Museum in Osijek

The Osijek Archaeological Museum collections and donations of weapons audit has resulted in decision to publicise several selected items primarily due to their typological specifics, rarity, but also the connection with historical events in the area of Eastern Slavonia. The Alanian short sword dated to the last quarter of the 4th and the first quarter of the 5th century is particularly significant as a confirmation of the Alans’ role in the history of the Roman Empire, and it is quite rare. The “Long Knife”, i.e. a single-edged sword, is also a rare find (the Sava river by?) with specific details. Dating back to the second half of the 15th and the first half of the 16th century it indicates warfare related to the Ottoman penetration into Eastern Slavonia. Parts of a firearm, i.e. a bone, decorated tile, which served as a lid of the repository in the rifle butt of the last quarter of the 16th or the first quarter of the 17th century and a bronze cannon tank found near the medieval town of Erdut, which served as a portable reservoir for the gunpowder and which allowed the rapid firing of the cannon (the second half of the 15th and the first quarter of the 16th century), also point to historical i.e. war events, but also to specific types of weapons and their origin