Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 448
100-1000 B.C. For similar ironswords from Cyprus, cf. J. Undset, Die altesten Schwertformen, in Zeitschriftfiir Ethnologie, 1890, XXII, p. 2 f. Length, 27s in. (69.6 cm.). From Cyprus. Cesnola Collection, cf. J. L.Myres, Cesnola Handbook, No. 4725. Illustrated in the Cesnola Atlas, III, pi.LXXIV,… … 1463 I463 IRON SWORD, with broad, leaf-shaped blade, with recurvingedges and strong midrib. The tang is semicircular above and was prob-ably long and narrow below (the lower part is now missing); it is notflanged, but has a bronze binding which protected the edges. Of this form only a few examples…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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