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4 THE TOMB OF THE DOUBLE AXES
an imitation of the veins of the original alabastron. There was also the lower
part of what seems to have been a small globular vessel, of the same material
(% 4)-.
With these stone vessels were also found the remains of bronze weapons in
a very fragmentary condition. Among these were parts of a knife (fig. 5), the
pointed butt-end (' sauroter') of a spear (fig. 6) of very elongated proportions,
having a length of 33 cm., while the diameter of the mouth of the socket, measured
externally, was 27 cm. Of definite chronological importance are the remains of
Figs. 5-7. Bronze weapons and implements : isolated deposit.
two swords or rather rapiers of the early tanged type characteristic of the Shaft
Graves of Mycenae (fig. 7). Of these only parts were preserved, presenting the
abnormally high midrib of this class. The smaller sword, of which part ot
the tang was preserved (fig. 8, c), was only i-8 cm. in width at about 6 cm. from
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(b) at 6 cm from canq
Tang and sections of swords : isolated deposit. (|)
the tang, its cross section being 0-92 cm., so that it was more than half as high as
it was broad (fig. 8, b). The remains of the larger sword (fig. 7) showed a width
of about 2-8 cm. at the upper end, the section through the midrib being 1-2 cm.
(fig. 8, a). A sword of the same width from a Shaft Grave at Mycenae has
a stem approaching this in thickness.1
We have thus concordant indications, supplied alike by stone vessels with
the shell-inlays and the sword-types, that some of the objects the discovery of
1 Sophus Mailer, Ursprung und Entwickelung der europaischen Bronzekultur (Archiv f. A11 tin:,
1884, p. 325, fig. 11). Unfortunately, a complete section is not given. A section of a sword-blade from
Orchomenos, 3-1 cm. wide, published by Naue, Die vorrdmischen Schwerter, pi. iii, fig. 11, shows
a midrib 1 cm. thick.
an imitation of the veins of the original alabastron. There was also the lower
part of what seems to have been a small globular vessel, of the same material
(% 4)-.
With these stone vessels were also found the remains of bronze weapons in
a very fragmentary condition. Among these were parts of a knife (fig. 5), the
pointed butt-end (' sauroter') of a spear (fig. 6) of very elongated proportions,
having a length of 33 cm., while the diameter of the mouth of the socket, measured
externally, was 27 cm. Of definite chronological importance are the remains of
Figs. 5-7. Bronze weapons and implements : isolated deposit.
two swords or rather rapiers of the early tanged type characteristic of the Shaft
Graves of Mycenae (fig. 7). Of these only parts were preserved, presenting the
abnormally high midrib of this class. The smaller sword, of which part ot
the tang was preserved (fig. 8, c), was only i-8 cm. in width at about 6 cm. from
C'■//////////,!/////>'.
fc)
(b) at 6 cm from canq
Tang and sections of swords : isolated deposit. (|)
the tang, its cross section being 0-92 cm., so that it was more than half as high as
it was broad (fig. 8, b). The remains of the larger sword (fig. 7) showed a width
of about 2-8 cm. at the upper end, the section through the midrib being 1-2 cm.
(fig. 8, a). A sword of the same width from a Shaft Grave at Mycenae has
a stem approaching this in thickness.1
We have thus concordant indications, supplied alike by stone vessels with
the shell-inlays and the sword-types, that some of the objects the discovery of
1 Sophus Mailer, Ursprung und Entwickelung der europaischen Bronzekultur (Archiv f. A11 tin:,
1884, p. 325, fig. 11). Unfortunately, a complete section is not given. A section of a sword-blade from
Orchomenos, 3-1 cm. wide, published by Naue, Die vorrdmischen Schwerter, pi. iii, fig. 11, shows
a midrib 1 cm. thick.