Mycenaean Bronze Double-edged Sword (13th – 12th century B.C)

Copy of Mycenaean sword (1300-1200 BC) with elongated double-edged bronze blade (typology: Naue II Group B) of an overall length of 85 cm including the handle. For the wooden part of the handle dried olive wood has been used. The same material is used for the making of the characteristic decorative lathed pommel in its end. Seven bronze rivets are holding the organic portions of the handle on the bronze blade with the raised side walls. The very elaborate outline of the wood element creates a striking aesthetic effect and adds an artistic temperament to the sword. The perimeter of the cutting edge two parallel ‘ruts’ run across the length of the blade.
A leather sheath of thick skin protects the blade from corrosion and the operator from accidents/cuts. The bag consists of skin pieces hand- stapled and externally has been hydrated with wax for waterproofing. Left and right of its openings, brass rings are placed in leather bases serving as attachment point to the leather strap for hanging. Molded bronze rosettes are placed at the sides of the sheath as additional decoration. A leather tuft on the sheath tip completes its imposing appearance.