• Bronze short sword with gold-riveted hilt



Bronze short sword with gold-riveted hilt
Bronze short sword with gold-riveted hilt

Bronze short sword with gold-riveted hilt

Χ690
Bronze, Gold
Mended
Length: 42 cm.
Kalyvia
Mycenaean Tombs
Late Bronze Age, Final Palatial period. Late Minoan IIIA1 period:
1400-1375 BC:
Gallery:
X
Case:
103
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteries
Cemeteries of Katsambas and the Phaistos area. Cemeteries in the periphery of the palaces
Description
Short, double-edged bronze sword. Its hilt has gold rivets and a covering of gold foil with incised trees, their leaves terminating in calyces. Found in a Mycenaean tomb at Kalyvia in Phaistos.


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