Note 586 — Chapter IX · THE SWORD IN KHITA-LAND, PALESTINE AND CANAAN; PHŒNICIA AND CARTHAGE; JEWRY, CYPRUS, TROY, AND ETRURIA.
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This word will be noticed in chapter xi. I cannot wholly agree with Colonel Lane-Fox (Anthrop. Coll. p. 99) when he speaks of a ‘leaf-shaped Sword-blade attached to the end of the spear, like the Thracian romphea and the European partisan of mediæval times.’