Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Object photograph·Csn2088·1927–1931

Iron Weapons

Drawing of iron weapons: swords, daggers, spearheads and butt-spikes, each numbered and set out in rows.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2088. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Stippled line drawing on a pale ground showing iron weapons laid out in rows and numbered for reference. Two long swords, one with a fragment of a rivet-studded hilt above it, sit beside two daggers with rounded pommels and crossguards. Below are several spearheads with narrow blades and tangs, and two butt-spikes at lower right, one a plain tube and one with a knobbed upper end.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Iron Weapons.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Iron Weapons.