No. 120. Objects in Bronze, Lead, and Iron. Size, 1:3.
IMPLEMENTS OF BRONZE AND STONE.
Iron was already known to the Myceneans, for I found some knives of this metal; also some curious keys, one of which is very thick, is 5·6 inches long, has four teeth, each 1·6 inch long, and has a ring at the other end (see No. 120). But judging by the form of these knives and keys, I make bold to express the opinion that they belong to a late period in the history of Mycenæ, and that they date even from the beginning of the 5th century B.C.
No. 121. (4 M.) No. 122. (3 M.) No. 123. (3½ M.) No. 124. (7 M.) No. 125.
Nos. 121-125. Bronze Knives. Actual size.
I also found a large number of button-like objects which seem to have served as ornaments in the house-doors or elsewhere.[190] They have a lustrous blackish colour, and according to the analysis of my esteemed friend Mr. Xavier Landerer, Professor of Chemistry at Athens, they consist of a strongly-burnt clay varnished with a lead glazing. Of bronze I discovered several well-preserved knives, one of which (No. 125) still has part of its bone handle; further, two arrow-heads of a pyramidal form without barbs (γλωχῖνες), like the Carthaginian arrow-heads, which I gathered last year in my excavations at Motyë, in Sicily.
No. 126. Arrow-heads, hatchets, and other objects of stone. (3 M.) Actual size.