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of which was a metre
in length.1

It will be seen
from Fig. 819, a, i,
that part of the
sharply carinated
ivory pommel was
preserved,but though
the gold-plated rivet-
heads remained, the
hilt-plates, probably
of the same material,
or wood, had de-
cayed away. These,
originally, as in other
cases, may have
been inlaid with gold
pins. The midrib
of the blade was de-
corated with double
lines of running spi-
rals in relief. As will
beseenfrom Fig. 850,
placed here for com-
parison, this horned
sword presents a
close resemblance to
asimilarweapon from

Shaft Graves, a rapier of

the round shouldered type,

is 95 cm. (Karo, Schacht-

griiber,Text, p. 202, Atlas,

PI. LXXX, No. 266.) The

examples of the ' horned

type from these Mycenae

Graves such as op.at., PI.XCV, No. 905, are decidedly short. The fully developed 'horns

only occur in the case of a dagger {oJ>. til., PL NCY, No. 904). The gold hilt-plate {op- "'■>

PI. LXXXI, and LXXXII, No. 725) also belongs to the fully developed form.

1 A. W. Persson, The Royal Tombs at Dendra, mar Muka (pp. 35, 36, and 6°~2 '•
PI. XX).

Fig. 849. Upper Part or Horned Sword
from 'Chieftain's Grave', showing Gold-
pi.ated Rivets.