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B. Fulton
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 Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: The Bronze Age: Daggers, swords, spears, axes and more |
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Ranging from Ireland to Egypt and the Levant, here's "The Bronze Age".
First up, The Louvre.
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All these daggers, IIRC were Egyptian (till the cards are transribed I'm not 100% sure)
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A large axe and another dagger, plus 2 other axeheads.
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As the majority of this exhibit was recovered Egyptian grave goods, the wood should be original.
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Either a Greek or Persian blade, without the infocard tagged yet, not sure.
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Russ Ellis
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I know a certain Mr. Spencer who is going to be all over these photos! 
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B. Fulton
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A pair of daggers from either Persia or the Levant.
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Axeheads. Tiny things, I'm not sure if these were ceremonial only or what.
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This one appeared fully usable.
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Some of the stranger ones I saw.
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Swords...... Mesopotamian/Levant area.
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 11:06 am Post subject: |
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A particularly beautiful and unusual blade/sheath set I found hiding in a corner. Not sure if it's a long dagger or a short sword, but it really caught my eye.
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So the archers don't feel left out......arrowheads, and a surviving bow case!
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Rock of Cashel, Ireland. Bronze Age axes and other recovered objects.
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Bronze age sword also from Cashel.
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Matthew Amt
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Yea, bronze stuff, thanks!! Nice selection. That dagger and scabbard that you thought was either Greek or Persian is probably italian. I expect the hafts on the Irish axes are modern replacements, but they look well done.
Thanks for posting those!
Matthew
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Kelly Powell
Location: lawrence, kansas Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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OOh! I lie that great axe....And the axehead next to the khopesh looks like you could fit your hand into it and do some inwork punching to the face!
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B. Fulton
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I really like the bronze Irish sword. Just looks like it'd be "right" in the hand.
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Jean Thibodeau
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Thank for the very nice pics: We don't see enough of the very ancients stuff.  
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