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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 824360" data-attributes="member: 53455">Well, while we’re on the subject of Morse, here is my (probably) most valuable possession: a bronze poniard found on the archæological dig of Troy in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). It is probably one of the objects that were taken out of the country in the years after 1870, which is when Schliemann discovered Troy and started digging on the site.This poniard or dagger is from around 1250 BC and the Morse connection is that the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has one exactly like it. This is truly museum-grade stuff. I cannot find the web page where I saw it a few years ago, maybe they took it down. The website “Lanes Armoury” has one for sale for 945 UK pounds which they list as in “fine condition” (<a href="https://thelanesarmoury.co.uk/shop.php?code=24103" target="_blank">here</a>), and it looks in very poor condition indeed compared to mine.It is still quite sharp on the edges... To think that this maybe belonged to someone like Hector or Ajax or Achilles or Diomedes... Holding it in one’s hand sends the mind reeling...Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 35mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single shot.[ATTACH=full]410497[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 824360, member: 53455"] Well, while we’re on the subject of Morse, here is my (probably) most valuable possession: a bronze poniard found on the archæological dig of Troy in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). It is probably one of the objects that were taken out of the country in the years after 1870, which is when Schliemann discovered Troy and started digging on the site. This poniard or dagger is from around 1250 BC and the Morse connection is that the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has one exactly like it. This is truly museum-grade stuff. I cannot find the web page where I saw it a few years ago, maybe they took it down. The website “Lanes Armoury” has one for sale for 945 UK pounds which they list as in “fine condition” ([URL='https://thelanesarmoury.co.uk/shop.php?code=24103']here[/URL]), and it looks in very poor condition indeed compared to mine. It is still quite sharp on the edges... To think that this maybe belonged to someone like Hector or Ajax or Achilles or Diomedes... Holding it in one’s hand sends the mind reeling... Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 35mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Artificial lighting, single shot. [ATTACH type="full" alt="51371332388_035d96669a_o.jpg"]410497[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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