Hassle

The Hassle treasure was found at Hassle in the parish of Glanshammar during 1936 [1]. The artifacts consist of a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the Hallstatt type, a pommel of bronze, two bronze buckets with ciste a cordoni, two small hooks of bronze and twelve large circular bronze plates with fittings of iron [1]. All of the items were imported [1]. The cauldron belongs to a special kind of cultic cauldron usually found in Italy and Greece, while the buckets are of a kind found in southern and central Europe [1]. The burial ground at Hassle has the RAÄ number Glanshammar 54: 1 [1].