An actual shield, with the cone perfect, was found by General Di Cesnola at Amathus,[869] and a projection of the same kind is seen in several of the Sardinian bronze and terra-cotta statuettes.[870] Shields were sometimes elaborately embossed, in part with patterning, in part with animal and vegetable forms.[871] Helmets were also embossed with care, and sometimes inscribed with the name of the maker or the owner.[872] Some remains of swords, probably Phoenician, have been found in Sardinia.

They vary from two feet seven inches to four feet two inches in length.[873] The blade is commonly straight, and very thick in the centre, but tapers off on both sides to a sharp edge.

The point is blunt, so that the intention cannot have been to use the weapon both for cutting and thrusting, but only for the former.

It would scarcely make such a clean cut as a modern broadsword, but would no doubt be equally effectual for killing or disabling.

Another weapon, found in Sardinia, and sometimes called a sword, is more properly a knife or dagger.