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Sword
Italic
Orientalizing or Archaic Period
7th or 6th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Iron, cattle bone, and bronze
Dimensions
Length (overall): 57.3 cm.; length of blade: 45.5 cm.; breadth of blade: 4.7 cm.; diameter of pommel: 4.7 cm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.1000
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Swords, daggers, knives
DescriptionTwo-edged blade. Grip of bone carved in small squares enclosing concentric circles; pommel of bone and bronze. Blade corroded. Bronze has light green patina.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: from Praeneste according to MFA Annual Report for 1903, p. 63; by 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought of Friedrich Hauser, Rome); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, May 1903