  The compositional scheme of a Bronze Age sword, found near the town of
Giurgiu in Romania has been determined by the method of particle-induced X-ray
emission (PIXE), at the tandem accelerator of the National Institute for
Physics and Nuclear Engineering from Bucharest, Magurele, Romania. The results
of the analyses and the comparison with the composition of other swords from
the same geographic area, the Danubian plane from Bulgaria and Transylvania
regions, show that the sword from Giurgiu could be relatively associated with
the swords from Bulgaria, having also the same stylistic, temporal and
geographical similitude.
