Sword (reproduction)

Museum number:
21-176
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3604 (original number), 607 (original number), and 8-5176 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.153 and Acc.193
Description:
Cast of Greek sword. From a specimen discovered at Pella Macedonia. Royal Antiquarium, Berlin.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pella (ancient place), Macedon, Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Original from Pella, Macedonia; replica from Berlin Cast Works (Gipsformerei, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany)
Production place:
Gipsformerei, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
Culture or time period:
Ancient Macedonia (808-168 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Object type:
archaeology
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1904 and 1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword (reproduction), accession number 21-176, described as Cast of Greek sword. From a specimen discovered at Pella Macedonia. Royal Antiquarium, Berlin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword (reproduction), accession number 21-176, described as Cast of Greek sword. From a specimen discovered at Pella Macedonia. Royal Antiquarium, Berlin.

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