A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 111
es were made separately, andriveted to the hilt after the primitive fashion (No. 255 ; fig. 996).In that case the hilt was split to receive the tang, and overlappedthe base (No. 256). Some of these daggers diverge still further ARMS AND AliMOUli. 99 from the Mycenaean in having the blade with… … Fig. 99.—Early Italian Bronze Swords and Sheaths(Nos. 253, 255, 257-9). 1 : 6. knob or several discs on a peg (No. 258s fig. 599 e, f). Theyare decorated with the same linear designs as the blades. A latervariety of Italian sword, known from the horned extremities of thepommel as the Antennae type,…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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