Object card·SAL_1330·1965

Iron curved knife with three rivets, Tomb 1

Iron curved knife with three rivets, Tomb 1
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1330. "Iron curved knife with three rivets, Tomb 1". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Iron curved knife with a tang of rectangular section fixed by three iron rivets; the blade's single cutting edge lies on the inside of the curve and the section is triangular. The knife is incomplete, the end of the tang broken; L. 26 cm, l. 2.4 cm, L. of handle remains 7 cm. Published in Salamis II, no. 36, p. 18 and pls. 15 and 18; dated to the 11th century BC. Inventory F_0033; 1965-04.

French, as on the record

L. cons. manche : 7. — Fer. Couteau à lame courbe, tranchant vers l’intérieur soie de section rectangulaire, avec trois rivets. — Fer num planche : PL_18 num planche : PL_15 forme : Couteaux en fer chantier : Tombe 1 num planche : PL_12 dim. : L. totale : 26 Couteau — Incomplet : soie brisée dessin : D_1739 diapositives : C_0159 inv objet : F_0033 negatif : 00113_02 negatif : 00113_03 objet : Petit objet en fer pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0327_p_0107 pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0036_p_0018 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0104_p_0036 type :Couteau l. : 2,4. — Salamine, II, n° 36, p. 18 et pl. 15 et 18. — Couteau à lame courbe : le tranchant unilatéral est à l'intérieur de la courbe, la section est triangulaire. La soie rectangulaire est traversée par trois rivets de fer. — XIe s. av. J.-C. incomplet, l’extrémité de la soie est brisée. L. : 26

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