Sensory system

Touch

Context

Lay dormant on a riverbed with various things passing on and over it.

Temporality

1800 years sat on a riverbed.

Physical

It’s not clear either how this sword got into the river, or how the blade became bent. Probably the deformation is a result of 1800 years in the water, the weight of the water pressing on it, while generations of fish swam past, unconcerned. Was it deposited deliberately as a ritual offering, or lost in a careless accident?

Emotional

Difficult to add emotion to this, as it’s hard to either perceive being immovable for that period of time and/or we don’t know in what context it ended up in the river.

Relationships

• Visual