Title: Dagger blade with lion hunt

Date Range: 1600-1500 B.C.E

Dimensions: 9″ long

Current Location: National Archaeological Museum, in Athens

The dagger blade is highly ornamented. The use of gold creating a story of a lion hunt. The narrative shows of hunters hunting lions and one person has fallen down. At the end of the dagger shows a lion that turned away and started to run away. On the other side of the dagger it is showing more lions running away. The dagger blade shows the wealth of Mycenaean elite and also the fierce nature the Mycenaean’s had to endure.