Short sword with a flat pommel that curves to form ring-like terminals
Ancient & Classical
A short sword with a flat hilt adorned by two vertical grooves; the pommel is also flat, and curves to form two adjacent rings; the blade is slender and leaf-shaped, with a prominent midrib, and is separated from the hilt by a guard in the form of two outward-facing bird heads with curving beaks.
500 BCE
Bronze
Bronze, tinned
10 15/16" L x 3/4" W
2015.2.48
Short sword with rattle
Ancient & Classical
A short sword with a slightly (and intentionally) bent oval hilt, ending in a rattle consisting of four straps with a low convex cap; the rounded midrib of the blade begins slightly above the guard, which is plain and made up of straight blunt tabs projecting on either side of the knife; the hilt is decorated with three long rows of small indented marks running longitudinally with the length of the hilt.
1300-1100 BCE
Bronze
Bronze
10 1/2" L x 2" W
2015.2.47
Short sword with round pommel
Ancient & Classical
A short sword with a flat hilt with rounded edges; the hilt has an indented rope-like pattern on either side of a central groove; the round pommel at the end of the hilt bears the forms of two addorsed rams, their heads turned back and legs folded beneath them; the rams are surrounded by six empty circular cells that may have once held inlay.
500 BCE
Bronze
Bronze
11 1/4" L x 1 3/8" W x 7/16" D
2015.2.46
Knife blade
Ancient & Classical
A knife blade with oblique teeth or notches on the lower edge near the hilt; there are three of these teeth present; the blade is otherwise unadorned.
800-700 BCE
Bronze
Bronze
7" L x 1 1/4" W
2015.2.45
Short sword with a pommel of two addorsed hollow balls
Ancient & Classical
A short sword containing a flat hilt adorned with a sunken central strip filled by a row of raised squares; the hilt ends with a pommel comprising two hollow balls, and is separated from the blade by a guard in the form of two rounded wing shapes that curve our beyond the width of the blade; the blade has a very slight longitudinal rib down the middle.
600-400 BCE
Bronze
Bronze
10 7/16" L x 2" W (at guard) x 7/16" D
2015.2.44
Plaque with copulating deer
Ancient & Classical
An openwork plaque with a design of two copulating deer; a heavy horizontal attachment loop is present on the back of the plaque.
500-400 BCE
Bronze
Bronze
1 3/8" L x 1 5/8" W
2015.2.43
Garment plaque with deer, gilt
Ancient & Classical
An openwork plaque of a single standing deer surrounded by a border; the deer stands with its head twisted around facing backward, and antlers extending from the top of its head; the front of the piece shows the remnants of mercury gilding, and the reverse of the piece in the area of the deer's body is concave.
100 CE
Bronze
Cast bronze, copper alloy
1 7/8" H x 1" W
2015.2.42
Garment plaque with wild cat-like creatures devouring heads
Ancient & Classical
A rectangular openwork plaque depicting four S-shaped, sinewy carnivores with turned-back heads, round eyes, and three-clawed paws; the plaque is divided into two registers, each containing two of these carnivorous creatures, each of which is devouring the head of a fawn.
600 BCE
Bronze
Bronze
1 1/4" H x 2" L
2015.2.41
Ornament: Garment ornament of a crouching carnivore savaging the head of an herbivore
Ancient & Classical
A small garment plaque depicting the stylized form of a crouching carnivore, savaging the head of an herbivore creature; stylized indented decorations are present throughout the body of the carnivore, including swirl shapes and small, repeated parallel lines that suggest the texture of fur on the animal.
500 BCE
Bronze
Cast bronze, copper alloy
1 5/16" H x 2" L
2015.2.40
Plaque: Feline-shaped plaque
Ancient & Classical
A stylized pectoral ornament in the form of a crouching feline, perhaps a leopard; there is minimal internal detailing to accentuate the form of the creature; small, neat, circular holes are present at the eye, ear, nostril, shoulder, haunch, tip of the tail, and the paws of the animal, although these holes are now empty.
600-500 BCE
Bronze
Cast bronze, copper alloy
1 3/4" H x 4 1/16" L
2015.2.39