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Mycenaean daggers

Mycenaean daggers

Mycenaean daggers


Mycenaean daggers

Bronze daggers with inlaid decoration. These bear representations of a Nilotic landscape (felines chasing aquatic birds among papyrus flowers), spirals and lilies respectively. The thin gold and silver decorative sheets are held in place on the bronze blade using a gold, silver, bronze alloy.