As firstly suspectd that hilt and blade had different origins (2#) and now well established, we might speculate that, the person that digged both items would have found them in the same location but separated one from the other; could then infer that they would be originally set together (or not) and join them as if they so were.
Notably the blade would (also) deserve some ID; it sure is a peculiar and genuine early item... wouldn't you guys agree ?
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