Short sword with round pommel

Title

Short sword with round pommel

Identifier

2015.2.46

Subject

Ancient & Classical

Description

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.

Format

Bronze
Bronze
11 1/4" L x 1 3/8" W x 7/16" D

Date

500 BCE

Files

2015.2.46.jpg

Citation

“Short sword with round pommel,” Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University, accessed March 18, 2024, https://miamiuniversityartmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/1159.