Pylos Dagger with Sea Creatures

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Pylos Dagger with Sea Creatures

Dagger made of Damascene bronze from Pylos. It is decorated with gold, silver, and niello in the same manner as the daggers found at Mycenae, and it depicts creatures of the sea. It was found in the tholos tomb at Myrsinochori near Pylos ant its 25 cm long. Circa 1500 BCE.