Bronze dagger blade

Bronze dagger blade

Description:

Leaf-shaped blade with tang; three rivet-holes, two in base of blade.


length 6 1/4in. (15.9cm)

Period:

Middle Bronze Age I

Date:

2000 - 1650 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4608, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1367, p. 385, New York: Gilliss Press.

Accession Number:

74.51.5294