File:EB1911 Jewelry - Crete sword handle.jpg

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English: From an excavation in Crete: a short bronze sword. The handle has an agate pommel, and is covered with gold plates, engraved with spirited scenes of lions and wild goats.
Date published 1911
Source Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 15, 1911, “Jewelry,” p. 365, Fig. 9 which credits Archaeologia, vol. 59, p. 447, by permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Author unknown craftsperson of ancient Crete; A. J. Evans wrote the article in Archaeologia
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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