dagger(?);
sword(?)
- Museum number
- 1899,1229.14
- Description
-
Iron dagger or short sword of the Naue II or Snodgrass Type IA type; blade tapers evenly to point; relatively narrow hilt and shoulder, with a rectilinear profile (rather than the more rounded swelling of Snodgrass Type I); hilt pierced by four rivets, originally supporting a handle made of perishable materials; point of blade (and depending on the original length, much of the body) and the terminal of the hilt lost.
- Production date
- 1050 BC-600 BC
- Dimensions
-
Length: 24.20 centimetres (surviving)
- Curator's comments
- This belongs to
Macdonald (1992, 43-6 and fig. 5) discusses examples of swords of this type excavated at Amathus in modern times ranging in date throughout much of the CG and the CAI periods.
Bibliography:
Karageorghis V. 1983, Palaepaphos-Skales. An Iron Age cemetery in Cyprus.
MacDonald C. 1992, 'The iron and bronze weapons', in V. Karageorghis et al. (eds), La nécropole d'Amathonte. Tombs 113-367. VI. Bijoux, armes, verre, astragales et coquillages, squelettes. Études Chypriotes XIV (Nicosia), 43-100.
Snodgrass A. 1981, 'Early iron swords in Cyprus', RDAC, 129-34.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1899
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1899,1229.14
