Bronze and iron knife, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot weapons & armour — Bronze and iron knife, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1150–1100 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5356.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age III

Bronze and iron knife

Other: 3 3/4in. (9.5cm)

Classification

Object type: Tool
Materials: MetalCopper and bronze, MetalIron
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot III
Date: 1150 - 1100 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4753, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1677, p. 440, New York: Gilliss Press.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.5356, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 4753
Richter 1915, no. 1677

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