Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 369
ing ridge. I must still noticetwo sword-blades and an alabastersword-handle knob adorned with twolarge flat golden nail-heads (Nos.445, <2, b^ c). Perfectly similar ala-baster knobs, but without goldennails, were found by me at Troy,but I did not know then that theybelonged to sword-handles, and… … Nos. 445, a, b, c. Two-edged Bronze Swords and an Alabaster Sword-Knob. Sepulchre IV. Size, I : 6, about. See Troy and its Remains, p. 265. 36 282 THE FOURTH SEPULCHRE. [Chap. VIII. in length. On either side of its lower end we see thefour bronze nails with flat heads, by which it wasfastened to…
