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1200-1100 B.C.
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FOUR MYCENAEAN BRONZE SHORT SWORDS
1200-1100 B.C.
The hilts each with flanged edge for additional inlay (now missing), with rectangular grip and flattened pommel, pierced with some remaining rivets, mounted, 16½ in. (42 cm.) long max.; and a Mediterranean Bronze Age group comprising a bronze sword, the long narrow blade with prominent mid-rib, flanged pierced hilt, 22 7/8 in. (58 cm.) long; a bronze socketed spear head, the long blade with prominent mid-rib, 17½ in. (44.3 cm.) long; a bronze leaf-shaped dagger blade, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long; and a bronze mirror disc pierced twice for handle attachment, 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diam., all 16th-14th Century B.C., mounted (8)
1200-1100 B.C.
The hilts each with flanged edge for additional inlay (now missing), with rectangular grip and flattened pommel, pierced with some remaining rivets, mounted, 16½ in. (42 cm.) long max.; and a Mediterranean Bronze Age group comprising a bronze sword, the long narrow blade with prominent mid-rib, flanged pierced hilt, 22 7/8 in. (58 cm.) long; a bronze socketed spear head, the long blade with prominent mid-rib, 17½ in. (44.3 cm.) long; a bronze leaf-shaped dagger blade, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long; and a bronze mirror disc pierced twice for handle attachment, 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diam., all 16th-14th Century B.C., mounted (8)
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