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{{short description|10th-century Finnish sword}}
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[[File:Suontaka Sword in Finnish National Museum of Finland 18.11.2017.jpg|thumb|The Suontaka Sword (center) in the [[National Museum of Finland]] in 2017.]]
The '''Suontaka sword''' ([[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Suontaan miekka) was found in a woman's grave in [[Tyrväntö]], [[Finland]] in 1968.<ref>[http://www.sword-site.com/thread/555/sword-womans-grave-suontaka-finland Sword Found in a Woman's Grave in Suontaka Finland], Sword-Site</ref> It is known that the grave dates approximately from 1030 AD and the sword has probably been in use in 10th century. The sword was made with grip and [[hilt]] entirely in hollow cast [[bronze]].<ref name=":0" /> The sword blade contains texts ''+NMIN+'' and ''+NIOIN+'', which can be variations of the text "in the name of God".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Viikinkimiekat Suomessa|last=Moilanen|first=Mikko|publisher=Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura|year=2018|isbn=9789522229649|location=|pages=185}}</ref> The sword is considered to be a unique work of art for its time.
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