Short sword with a pommel of two addorsed hollow balls

Title

Short sword with a pommel of two addorsed hollow balls

Identifier

2015.2.44

Subject

Ancient & Classical

Description

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.

Format

Bronze
Bronze
10 7/16" L x 2" W (at guard) x 7/16" D

Date

600-400 BCE

Files

2015.2.44.jpg

Citation

“Short sword with a pommel of two addorsed hollow balls,” Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University, accessed March 19, 2024, https://miamiuniversityartmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/1157.