Detail of inlay on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt, 16th century. Artist: Unknown

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Detail of inlay in gold, niello and electrum, on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt. It was discovered in shaft grave IV at Mycenae, by Schliemann in 1876. Now at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 16th century.

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Size: 5693px × 3097px
Location: World,Europe,Greece,Peloponnese,Argolís,Mycenae
Photo credit: © CM Dixon/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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