Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)

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Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?),

1st century CE

Roman
1999-148

Information

Title
Inlaid dagger (pugio) and scabbard, signed on the hilt by Honillius(?)
Dates

1st century CE

Medium
Bronze, iron, silver, gold, niello
Dimensions
29.2 x 5.5 x 1.9 cm (11 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
1999-148
Inscription
Signed on hilt: Honilius (?)
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
daggers (weapons), sheaths
Materials
niello, gold, iron, bronze, silver
Techniques
inlay (process)
Subject
crosses (motifs), hearts (motifs), geometric figures

Purchased by the Museum from Robert Hecht, Jr, in 1999

Dagger and scabbard, richly inlaid and signed on the back of the hilt by the maker Honillius

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