
Early Bronze Age II
Copper alloy dagger blade
Leaf-shaped blade with no tang and three rivet holes. 6 1/8in. (15.6cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Weapon
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 2200 - 1800 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4601, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1360, pp. 383-84, New York: Gilliss Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5287, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4601
- Richter 1915, no. 1360
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