Inventory Number: | B 778 | |
Section Number: | ΔΔ 179 | |
Title: | Sword | |
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: | Χάλκινο ξίφος 1400 – 1350 π.Χ. | |
Category: | Bronze | |
Description: | 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 of holes for at least three others. Rivet heads : cf. B 779 and J 99 (ΔΔ 177 and 180). At ca. 0.13m. from the tip, a heavy rivet with a gold rimmed head, apparently attached to the blade by corrosion. | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Χάλκινο Μυκηναϊκό ξίφος. Αποτελείται από πέντε τμήματα | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. | |
Handling: | Stoa gallery case | |
Negatives: | Leica, Color slide, XXVII-56, XXIX-72, XLIII-9 | |
PD Number: | 444 | |
Dimensions: | L. 0.74; W. (handle) 0.053 | |
Material: | Copper alloy | |
Date: | 5, 14 May 1947 | |
Section: | ΔΔ | |
Grid: | ΔΔ:62/ΙΖ | |
Deposit: | M 21:2 | |
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), p. 108. | |
Guide (1976), p. 221. | ||
Guide (1962), p. 145. | ||
Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 155-157, pl. XXXIX, 3, fig. 4. | ||
Agora XIII, p. 175, pl. 36, no. III-17. | ||
Agora XIV, p. 8, pl. 17d. | ||
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:B 779 | |
Agora:Object:J 99 | ||
References: | Publications (4) Publication Pages (6) Plans and Drawings (4) Images (7) Deposit: M 21:2 Card: B 778 |