Coquimbite (Pampua or white copperas), 68 Core-casting (of metal), 221 Cornicines, 248 Cornu (musical instrument: Roman), 248 Cornwall, mineral fields of, 275 Coronarium (copper coated with ox-gall), 87 Corrugated iron blades, 119 _n_ Corrugated Sword of Africa, 171 Corsican forge, 102 _n_ Corundum in Midian, 171 _n_ Corybantes, 74 _sq._ Cosmogony, Hebrew, 148 _sq._ Cotton dresses, Ancient Indian, 211 _Cottus diceraus_, 10 Counterfeit pearls in Ancient Egypt, 148 Counterguard of a Sword, 125, 138 Coupe-choux Sword, 134, 164 Coustilliers, 185 Coustrils or Custrils, 185 Couteau-de-chasse, 210 Covinus (war-chariot), 269 Cow (its method of defence), 7 Crane, white (American bird), 9 Crannog (its derivation), 27 Crease (= Krís, Malay weapon), 137, 166 Creation, Hebrew idea of, 148 _sq._ Cremation in the Early Bronze Age, 96 — (of bodies) at Mycenæ, 234 Crepitaculum (sacred rattle), 151 Crests (in heraldry), 40 _n_ Cretans (ἀεὶ ψεῦσται), 97 _n_ Crickets (_cicadæ_) as ornaments at Mycenæ, 233 Crimea, Scythian graves in the, 227 Cross of the Coptic Christians, 192 _n_ Crossbow, 19 _n_, 165 — rat-trap, 37 _n_ Cross guard of a Sword, 125 Crucibles (at Schliemann’s Troy), 82 — four-footed, in the Troas, 191 Crucifixion (Assyrian punishment), 203 Cruelties of the Assyrians, 203 Cruithing (= Picts; origin of the name), 279 _n_ Crusade, the First, 218 Crutch and dagger (combined) of antelope horn, 12 Crux ansata (Egyptian Cross), 192 _n_ Crystal chips on spears, 51 — lens (Nineveh), 202 Crystal-cutting in Cyprus, 188 Cuchillo (Spanish clasp-knife), 39 Cuirass, Roman centurion’s, 248 Cultellarii, 185 Culture in Troy, 193 Cuneiform inscriptions (Bayrut), 200 _n_ — syllabarium, 200 _n_ — symbol for iron, 104 Cuneus (tactical formation), 273 _n_ Cupel (crucible; derivation of the word), 111 _n_ Cupriferous sandstones, 67 Cup-sling, 19 Curetes, 74 _sq._ Curium treasure, the, 189 Currus falcatus (scythe war-car: Ancient Britain), 276 Curtle-axe (= cutlass), 140 Curved broadsword, 96 — type of Sword, 127 _sq._ ‘Curved thrust,’ 133 _sq._ Cushito-Asiatic (Ethiopian) tribes, 188 Cuspis (point of a Sword: Roman), 255 _n_ Customs of the Ancient Germans, 273 Cut-and-thrust weapons, 123 Cutlass, 123, 140, 211 Cutting edge of a Sword, 129 — or trenchant weapons (origin of), 12 Cyanus (steel), 221; Dr. Schliemann’s translation of, 222 _n_; of Pliny (lapis lazuli), _ib._ Cybele (Dea Multimamma), 192 _n_ Cyclopes, 75 _sq._ ‘Cyclopean Wall’ (in the Argolid), 76 Cylinder of gold at Mycenæ, 229 Cymbals at the feast of Rhea (in Varro), 58 Cymbals of tin and copper, 81 _n_ Cynocephali, 2 Cyprian dagger, 173 — Venus (worship of), 188 _n_ Cypriote (Ancient) characters, 225 — art, 187 — contingent of Xerxes’ army, 188