shaped, sharp-pointed stilet-tos, and some kinds of rods in bronzefrom 20 to 25 c. long (Fig. 93).1 Thehead or handle is heavy and large,albeit not inelegant ; nearly all werecast in one piece, those whose headand piece were cast separately formingthe exception. Votive daggers (Fig.85) show these… … Fig. 91.—Sword fromTeti. Height, 19 c.From Baux. fig. 92.—Portion end. Were these stilettos used as Teti.ws0ketcn°by daggers in a hand-to-hand fight ? or kept for dealing blows and brandished at a short distance ere they were thrust in the enemys side, in true Spanish fashion ? We are ignorant,…
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