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PLATES

PLATE I.
AXES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WEST EUROPE.
1 Cyprus. Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. 1440. Cesnola Collection.
2 Cyprus. Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. J. W. Flower.
3 Cyprus. Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. 1440. Cesnola Collection.
4 Cyprus; Dati. City Art Gallery, Leeds. John Holmes Collection.
5 Cyprus; Nicosia. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
6 Cyprus. Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. 1440. Cesnola Collection.
7 Greece; Eubœa. British School of Archæology, Athens. Finlay Collection, 25.
8 Greece; Peloponnesus. British School of Archæology, Athens. Finlay Collection, 538.
10 Spain; site unknown. Collection of Capt. J. H. Ball.
11 Spain; El Argar. Siret 21. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. P.R. 200.
12 Malta; Hal-Tarxien. Valetta Museum.
13 Malta; Hal-Tarxien. Valetta Museum.
14 Malta; Hal-Tarxien. Valetta Museum.
15 Spain; El Argar. Siret 276. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. P.R. 202.
16 Spain; El Argar. Siret 605. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. P.R. 199.
17 Spain; El Argar. Siret 26. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. P.R. 201.
18 Spain; El Argar. Siret 816. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. P.R. 198.
19 England; Arreton Down, Isle of Wight. Carisbrooke Museum.
20 England; Aldershot, Hants. Collection of Capt. J. H. Ball.
21 England; Battlefield, Shropshire. Shrewsbury Museum.
22 England; Yorkshire. Site unknown. Private Collection.
23 England; Beckhampton, Wilts. Devizes Museum.
24 England; Grappenhall, Cheshire. Warrington Museum.
25 England; Fordham, Cambridgeshire. Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, Cambridge.
26 England; Banner Down, near Bath. Literary and Scientific Institute, Bath.
27 England; Fordham, Cambridgeshire. Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, Cambridge.
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PLATE II.
DAGGERS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WEST EUROPE.
1 Crete. Candia Museum.
2 Crete. Candia Museum.
3 Crete; Gournia. Boyd & Hawes (1912) iv. 51.
4 Malta; Hal-Tarxien. Valetta Museum.
5 Malta; Hal-Tarxien. Valetta Museum.
6 Sicily; Monteracello. Syracuse Museum. B.P. XXIV., xxii. 7.
8 England; Throwley, Staffordshire. Sheffield Museum. Bateman Collection. J. 93. 450.
9 Ireland; Shannon, Co. Limerick. Glastonbury Museum. Braxton Collection 359.
10 England; exact site unknown. Public Library, Brentford.
11 Ireland; site unknown. Private Collection.
12 Ireland; site unknown. Municipal Museum, Plymouth.
13 England; Fairoak, near Hereford. Hereford Museum.
14 Ireland; site unknown. Museum of the Leeds Literary and Philosophical Society.
15 England; Isleworth, Middlesex. From the Thames at Sion reach. Guildhall Museum, London.
16 England; Bottisham lode, Cambridgeshire. Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, Cambridge.
17 England; Hammersmith, Middlesex. From the Thames. The London Museum.
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PLATE III.

AN ETRUSCAN PROSPECTOR.

From the lid of a coffin in the British Museum.
By kind permission of the Trustees.

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Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co.

PLATE IV.
FIVE HUNGARIAN DAGGERS.
A Komoron, Hungary. Catalogue (1891) IX. 62. Ownership unknown.
B Komoron, Hungary. Catalogue (1891) IX. 62. Ownership unknown.
C Szony, Hungary. Catalogue (1891) IX. 58. Ownership unknown.
D Kassa, Hungary. Catalogue (1891) IX. 61. Ownership unknown.
E Transylvania. Catalogue (1891) IX. 60. Ownership unknown.
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PLATE V.
SIX LARGER DAGGERS.
A Austria, Langen Wand. Naue (1903) xix. 2. Ownership unknown.
B Germany; site unknown. Montelius (1900) xxxi. 75. Bastian & Voss, xiii. 1. Imperial Museum, Berlin. Naue (1903) xix. 3.
C Denmark; Island of Lolland. Muller, Ordnugn, &c., xi. 157. Ownership unknown. Naue (1903) xix. 4.
D Italy; Cascina Ranza, near Milan. Brera Museum, Milan. Montelius (1895–1904). I.B., xxviii. 2.
E Hungary; site unknown. Hampel (1886) xix. 6. Antiquaries’ Museum, Zurich. Fehr Collection. Arch. Ertesito, xii. 292.
F Hungary; site unknown. Hampel (1886) lxxxv. 2. Antiquaries’ Museum, Zurich. Fehr Collection. Arch. Ertesito, xii. 290.
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PLATE VI.
THE SEVEN TYPES OF LEAF-SHAPED SWORDS.
A Hungary, site unknown. Hampel (1886) xx. 4. National Museum, Buda-Pest. Naue (1903) ix. 3.
B Denmark, Norderhaide in the Isle of Sylt. Handelmann, Ausgrabungen auf Sylt (1873, 1875, 1880), fig. 4. Naue (1903) x. 1. Museum of National Antiquities, Kiel.
C Hungary, Buda-Pest. St. Margaret’s Isle. Dredged from the Danube. National Museum, Buda-Pest. Hampel (1886), cxcvii. 6.
D Hungary, Hajdu-böszörmény, Hajdu Co. Found May, 1858, with sword of Type C. National Museum, Buda-Pest. 1883/131.
E Hungary, Magyarorszaz. National Museum, Buda-Pest.
F Switzerland, Morges. Déchelette (1908–14) ii. Fig. 64 (2). Lausanne Museum. Album Musée Lausanne, xiv. 9.
G Austria, Hallstatt. Grave 299. Sacken (1868) xix. 10. Natural History Museum, Vienna. 24,609.
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PLATE VII.
SWORDS OF TYPE A, FROM HUNGARY.
1 Hungary, site unknown. Hampel (1886) xx. 4. National Museum, Buda-Pest. Naue (1903) ix. 3.
2 Hungary, site unknown. University Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, Cambridge. Foster bequest.
3 Hungary. Dredged from the Danube near Buda-Pest. Catalogue (1891), viii. 45. Ownership unknown.
4 Schleswig-Holstein, site unknown. From a tomb. Ownership unknown. Splieth (1900) i.9b.
5 Italy, Castions di Strada, near Udine. B.P. xxxvii. (1912), 33. Archæological Museum, Cividale.
6 Italy, near Treviso. Montelius (1895–1904) I.B. 39. Treviso Museum.
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PLATE VIII.
SWORDS OF TYPE C, FROM HUNGARY.
1 Site unknown. Catalogue (1891) vii. 42. Ownership unknown. Naue (1903) xi. 3.
2 Site unknown. Hampel (1886) xx. 7. National Museum, Buda-Pest. Naue (1903) viii. 8.
3 Sajo-Gömör. Hampel (1886) xv. 3. National Museum, Buda-Pest. Naue (1903) viii. 3.
4 Site unknown. Catalogue (1891) vii. 43. Ownership unknown. Naue (1903) VIII. 6.
5 Buda-Pest, St. Margaret’s Isle. Dredged from the Danube. Hampel (1886) cxcvii. 6. National Museum, Buda-Pest.
6 Hajdu-böszörmény, Hajdu Co. found in May, 1858, with three others of Type D. National Museum, Buda-Pest. 1883/131 (6).
7 Kis-Koszey (Battina) Baranza Co. Natural History Museum, Vienna. 37811.
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PLATE IX.
SWORDS OF TYPE D, FROM HUNGARY.
1 Site unknown. Catalogue (1891) viii. 44. Naue (1903) viii. 7. Ownership unknown. Hampel (1886) xx. 8.
2 Rima-Szombat, Gömör Co., found with 2 swords Type E. Hampel (1886) cxiii. National Museum, Buda-Pest. 1867/3.
3 Endröd, Békés Co. National Museum, Buda-Pest. 1888/33.
4 Magyarorszaz, with four others. National Museum, Buda-Pest.
5 { Hajdu-böszörmény, Hajdu Co. found in May, 1858, with a sword of Type C. } National Museum, Buda-Pest, 1883/131.
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PLATE X.
SWORDS OF TYPE E, FROM HUNGARY.
1 } Podhering, Bereg Co.
Hampel (1886) xc. 		National Museum, Buda-Pest.
Arch. Ertesito XIV. xxvi. 229–230.
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4 Magyarorszaz. National Museum, Buda-Pest.
5 Site unknown. Catalogue (1891) vii. 4. Naue (1903) ix. 2. Ownership unknown. Formerly in Pfeffer collection.
6 Hajdú-böszörmény, Hajdu Co. from the Schatze. Hampel (1886) xx. 2. Ownership unknown. Naue (1903) ix. 1.
7 Oreszka, Zemplén Co. Hampel (1886) xx. 1 and 3. Collection of Count Antoine Sztàray.
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PLATE XI.
SWORDS OF TYPE G.
1 Austria, Hallstatt. Grave 126. Sacken (1868). Natural History Museum, Vienna. 24091.
2 Austria, Hallstatt. Grave 299. Sacken (1868). Natural History Museum, Vienna. 24609.
3 Schleswig-Holstein, Siems near Lübeck. Splieth (1900) ix. 171 Lübeck Museum. 729.
4 France, Var, Flayosc. Antiquarian Museum, Marseilles.
5 Ireland, site unknown. Wild, Cat. Antiq., 319, No. 2. National Museum, Dublin.
6 Sweden, Nilsson, Skand Nord. Ur-inv. i. 7. Lubbock (1865) fig. 15.
7 Finland, Nyland, Haapa Kylä Heath. Crawford (1921) 136. Vorgeschichtliche (1900) xxxii. 4. Helsingfors Museum.
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PLATE XII.
SWORDS FROM GREEK LANDS.
1 Greece: Mycenæ. Schliemann (1878) No. 221, p. 144. Athens Museum. No. 1017.
2 Greece: Mycenæ. Tsountas, E. A. (1891) 25. Athens Museum. No. 2539.
3 Greece: Levadeia. Athens Museum. No. 8017.
4 Crete: Muliana. Grave B. Έφ. Άρχ. (1904) Pl. 11. p. 44.
5 Crete: Muliana. Grave B. Έφ. Άρχ. (1904) Pl. 11. p. 44.
6 Egypt: Zagazig. Petrie (1917) xxxii. 6. Z.f.Æ.S. L.Taf. v. p. 61. Berlin Museum. No. 20447. Peet (1911. 2) 283.
7 Egypt: site unknown. Petrie (1917) xxxii. 5. Berlin Museum. Z.f.Æ.S. L.Taf. v. p. 61.
8 Egypt: Tell Firaun. Petrie (1917) xxxii. 7. Berlin Museum. No. 20305. Z.f.Æ.S. L.Taf. v. p. 61.
9 Greece: Tiryns. Athens Museum. No. 6228.
10 Greece: Tiryns. Athens Museum. No. 6228.
11 Cyprus: site unknown. Coll. Professor P. Geddes.
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PLATE XIII.
SWORDS FROM ITALY.
1 Ascoli Piceno. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 131. Prehistoric Museum, Rome.
2 Lake Trasimene. Naue (1903) vii. 4. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 126. Collection Baron Franz von Lippenheide, at Schloss Matzen.
3 At the bridge of Frassineto, on the banks of the Chiana. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 126. Museum of Arezzo. B.P. XXVI. viii. 1.
4 Lake Trasimene. Naue (1903) vii. 3. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 126. Formerly in the collection of M. Amilcare Ancona, at Milan.
5 Lake Trasimene. Naue (1903) vii. 2. Ownership unknown.
6 Alerona, com. de Ficuile, Province of Orvieto. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 126. Prehistoric Museum, Rome. B.P. XXVI. viii. 4.
7 Rome. Naue (1903) vii. 5. Collection of M. Amilcare Ancona, at Milan.
8 Near Lake Fucino. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 142. Prehistoric Museum, Rome. B.P. xii. 261; xxix. 84–86.
9 Near Lake Fucino. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 142. Prehistoric Museum, Rome. B.P. xii. 261; xxix. 84–86.
10 Near Lake Fucino. Montelius (1895–1904) II. ii. B. 142. Prehistoric Museum, Rome. B.P. xii. 261; xxix. 84–86.
11 Sulmona. Naue (1903) vii. 1. Collection Baron Franz von Lippenheide, at Schloss Matzen.
12 Apulia, site unknown. Naue (1903) vii. 6. Ownership unknown.
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PLATE XIV.
SWORDS FROM ENGLAND.
1 Brentford, Middlesex. From the bed of the Thames, above the G.W.R. dock. Public Library, Brentford. Layton Collection.
2 Wetheringsett, Suffolk. Arch. Ass. Journ. iii. (1848) 254, xv. (1859) pl. xxiii. 4. Evans Anc. Br. Impl. fig. 345. p. 282. Norwich Castle Museum. Fitch collection, 785, 76, 94. Catalogue of Antiquities, 315.
3 Wilburton, Cambridgeshire. Found in the peat. Arch. xlviii. 106. Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, Cambridge. New Cambridge, 17 May, 1919.
4 Amerside Law Farm, Chatton, Northumberland. Alnwick Castle Museum, No. 228.
5 Brentford, Middlesex. From the bed of the Thames, above the G.W.R. dock. Public Library, Brentford. Layton Collection.
6 Richmond, Surrey. From the bed of the Thames, at the lock and weir. Public Library, Richmond. Lloyd Collection. No. 816.
7 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From the Tyne. Black Gate Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. No. 88.
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