Copper alloy dagger blade - image 1

Early Bronze Age II

Copper alloy dagger blade

Leaf-shaped blade with tang and two rivet-holes in base of blade. 4 7/16in. (11.3cm)

Date

2200 - 1800 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5293

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4610, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1369, p. 385, New York: Gilliss Press.