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[Agora Object] B 778: Sword

Broken in five pieces but complete. Heavy rib down center of blade. A raised rim around the edge of the handle to take the (wooden ?) hand-hold. One rivet for fastening on hand-hold in place, and traces ... 5, 14 May 1947

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[Agora Object] B 779: Fragment with Gold Ornament

Small irregular chunk of bronze with gold-leaf disk attached to it. (Probably one of the rivets from the sword, B 778, with rivet-head covering in place; the rivet heavily corroded ?) Έντεκα κεφαλές χάλκινων ... 5 May 1947

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[Agora Object] B 781: Sword

Badly corroded; the blade preserved in several pieces, but nothing of the hilt except two small pieces which appear to be the projecting ears. To one of these a gold-leaf rivet head cover of the smaller ... 14 May 1947

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[Agora Object] J 99: Gold Ornament

A thin almost circular piece of gold leaf, the edges turned in underneath, as if it had once covered a button. Probably rivet from bronze sword (B 779). Πέντε χρυσές επενδύσεις κεφαλών ήλων σπάθης. Three ... 2 May 1947