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T OF ' HORNED" SWORD: 'CHIEFTAIN'S GRAVE' 865
the Shaft Grave No. 44 of the same cemetery,
^» /</^\ 'in which case the outside of the flange was
decorated with the same spiraliform pattern as
the midrib. It was 91 centimetres in length.
In the case of the 'cruciform' short
sword—61 centimetres in length—found with
the other, the adornment of the handle had
been of a still richer kind. The pommel is
formed of beautifully veined and partly trans-
lucent agate, dark brown and crystalline,
showing a roll moulding beneath the sharply
keeled rim of the boss. It is perforated as
usual for attachment to the hilt by a bronze
rivet, and its base is surrounded by a gold
ring. (See Figs. 848 and 851, a, i.)
The flanges and mid-rib bear the same
spiraliform decoration as the ' horned' long-
sword. The gold hilt-plates, however, are
divided by double, curving" mouldings into two
compartments. On these are successively
engraved in each case two scenes of a lion
hunting a Cretan wild-goat. These scenes are
in places somewhat interfered with by the gold
heads of the rivets that attached the plates to
the bronze hilt through their thin wooden
backing.
In the lower of these compartments the
design is cleverly worked into the two spaces
available on either side of its more or less
cross-shaped field with its oval opening.
Here, to the right, with rocks above and
below, we see the lion looking back and
apparently first catching sight of his quarry,
while to the left, in the same setting, the
agnmz, also looking back, realizes his peril and bounds away in headlong
flight.
n the casing of the handle above, in1 the same rocky country but
,a bell-shaped flower, apparently a wild tulip —such as still grow in
neighbouring glen beneath the western steep of Juktas—we witness the
Cruci-
form
sword
with agate
pommel
and gold-
plated
hilt.
On each
hilt-plate
two en-
graved
scenes
of lion
hunting
wild-
goat.
Fie. 850. View of Horned
Sword from Shaft Crave,
No. 44, Zafer Papoura.
the Shaft Grave No. 44 of the same cemetery,
^» /</^\ 'in which case the outside of the flange was
decorated with the same spiraliform pattern as
the midrib. It was 91 centimetres in length.
In the case of the 'cruciform' short
sword—61 centimetres in length—found with
the other, the adornment of the handle had
been of a still richer kind. The pommel is
formed of beautifully veined and partly trans-
lucent agate, dark brown and crystalline,
showing a roll moulding beneath the sharply
keeled rim of the boss. It is perforated as
usual for attachment to the hilt by a bronze
rivet, and its base is surrounded by a gold
ring. (See Figs. 848 and 851, a, i.)
The flanges and mid-rib bear the same
spiraliform decoration as the ' horned' long-
sword. The gold hilt-plates, however, are
divided by double, curving" mouldings into two
compartments. On these are successively
engraved in each case two scenes of a lion
hunting a Cretan wild-goat. These scenes are
in places somewhat interfered with by the gold
heads of the rivets that attached the plates to
the bronze hilt through their thin wooden
backing.
In the lower of these compartments the
design is cleverly worked into the two spaces
available on either side of its more or less
cross-shaped field with its oval opening.
Here, to the right, with rocks above and
below, we see the lion looking back and
apparently first catching sight of his quarry,
while to the left, in the same setting, the
agnmz, also looking back, realizes his peril and bounds away in headlong
flight.
n the casing of the handle above, in1 the same rocky country but
,a bell-shaped flower, apparently a wild tulip —such as still grow in
neighbouring glen beneath the western steep of Juktas—we witness the
Cruci-
form
sword
with agate
pommel
and gold-
plated
hilt.
On each
hilt-plate
two en-
graved
scenes
of lion
hunting
wild-
goat.
Fie. 850. View of Horned
Sword from Shaft Crave,
No. 44, Zafer Papoura.