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English: Finds from Grave IV, Grave Circle A, Mycenae. 16th century B.C. Fragment of a bronze sword. The hilt and shoulder are decorated in the cloisonne technique, in which the scale-pattern compartments on the latter are inlaid with lapis lazuli. This elaborate design ends in two griffin or eagle heads. Inv. no. 294. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Text: museum inscription.
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Camera location37° 59′ 20.44″ N, 23° 43′ 58.66″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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