Keywords
Motya
metal weapons
necropolis
copper
iron
metal weapons
necropolis
copper
iron
Abstract
Metal weapons discovered in Motya, across 150 years of excavations, are hereby presented according to typological-functional aspects and with respect to the contexts of discovery. Framing their diffusion and use in the broader panorama of the Mediterranean weaponry between 15th and 4th century BC
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