Dagger with Spiral Designs from Tomb V of the Mycenaean Acropolis. 1580-1550 BCE.

Dagger with Spiral Designs. Dagger from Tomb V of the Mycenaean Acropolis. It is made of bronze and its spiral decorations are made of gold leaf. The designs are engraved and inlaid with niello (black enamel). 1580-1550 BCE, 24.3 cm long.
Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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Athens Attica Bronze Bronze Age Floral Funerary Gold Martial Mycenae Mycenaean National Archaeological Museum Original Photo