Athens Kopis

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

The hilt is sandwitched and riveted. It is uncertain if the scales are solid or hollow, but there are other speciments with the same construction, at least two other kopides, and a xiphos.

It is made of iron, and as far as i know there are no remains of its scabbard, which after all was not burried with it, as is evident from the ritual "killing" of the sword.

There are some remains of scabbards of similar swords from Thrace, now in Bulgaria, and there are a number of artistic representations of scabbards for the same type of sword, namely statues, so we have a quite clear idea of what they would have looked like.

Manning Imperial have reconstructed one such sword and scabbard, so you can look it up in their website.

Khaire
Giannis