In length it does not exceed seven or eight inches, and of this length more than a third is occupied by the handle.[874] Below the handle the blade broadens for about an inch or an inch and a half; after this it contracts, and tapers gently to a sharp point.

Such a weapon appears sometimes in the hand of a statuette.[875] The bronze articles of the toilet recovered by recent researches in Cyprus and elsewhere are remarkable.

The handle of a mirror found in Cyprus, and now in the Museum of New York, possesses considerable merit.

It consists mainly of a female figure, naked, and standing upon a frog.[876] In her hands she holds a pair of cymbals, which she is in the act of striking together.

A ribbon, passed over her left shoulder, is carried through a ring, from which hangs a seal.