Bronze Age Shipwreck Excavation at Uluburun

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Tools & Weapons

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Canaanite sword with ebony and ivory inlaid hilt (top: KW 275, length: 45.4 cm), Canaanite dagger (middle: KW 296, preserved length: 33.5 cm), and a Mycenaean sword (bottom: KW 301, preserved length:45.5 cm). (Photo: INA)
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Ceremonial scepter-mace (KW2742) of volcanic stone The closest parallels to this artifact are found in Romania and Bulgaria (northern Balkans). Max. length: 19.4cm. (Photo: INA)
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Bronze spear heads with solid-cast sockets of ‘northern’ Balkan type. (Photo: INA)
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Ceremonial scepter-mace (KW2742) of volcanic stone The closest parallels to this artifact are found in Romania and Bulgaria (northern Balkans). Max. length: 19.4cm. (Photo: INA)
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Marble mace head.(Photo: INA)
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Bronze trident with barbed prongs(KW 4160). Preserved length: 24.6 cm. (Photo: INA)
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Bronze tools and weapons comprising spear heads, daggers, adzes, and a double-headed axe. (Photo: INA)
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Bronze daggers of near eastern type. (Photo: INA)
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Bronze arrowheads of different sizes; blunt example on left for use in fowling. (Photo: INA)
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Bronze deep chisels(three on left) of Mycenaean type and two bronze necked adzes of southern Levantine type. (Photo: INA)
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Bronze armor scale. Such scales were originally sewn in an overlapping arrangement on a leather or heavy cloth backing. (Photo: INA)
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Bronze awl with wooden handle preserved.(Photo: INA)
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Bronze tanged dagger with a remnant of the wooden hilt. (Photo: INA)
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