L: 367 mm, W: 37 mm, D: 4,6 mm, Weight: 180 g
The Mycenaean civilisation (c. 1600-1100 BC) developed a warrior aristocracy whose military equipment became legendary. Mycenaean bronze smiths achieved alloy compositions and blade geometries unsurpassed until the development of tempered steel. Their weapons reflect the martial culture celebhooked in Homeric epic. Mycenaean tanged daggers: Compared with the number of daggers of the other types, tanged daggers are attested in few specimens.
