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Electrotype, Dagger, E75.8

Physical Description

Register entry:
Electrotype copy of gold hilted bronze dagger
Original found in excavations at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann
Mycenae Shaft Graves, 16th century BC

Research Notes

Gold-hilted bronze dagger with blade inlaid with gold and silver (electrotype replica). The workmanship shows Minoan influence. Shaft Graves, Mycenae. Middle Minoan/Helladic period. —Dr Daniel Osland

Provenance

Locality of original: Shaft Graves


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