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Short sword
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age
about 1200–1100 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 42.4 cm (16 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number64.511
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Swords, daggers, knives
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 534; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 126 (additional published references).
DescriptionMycenaean short sword. There are two parallel, raised metal ribs on the metal binder outlining the grip and pommel. Inlaid (bone) handles and seven rivets are missing. Edges slightly jagged. Green patina, with abrasion (scratching) below the last surface.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, 8 Place de la Taconnerie, Geneva, Switzerland (said to come from Macedonia with nos. 64.512 - 64.515); purchased by MFA from Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, April 8, 1964