Early Bronze Age I
Bronze dagger blade
Leaf-shaped blade with a flat tang and two rivet holes. length 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Weapon
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Date
- 2500 - 1900 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.5286
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4609, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1368, p. 385, New York: Gilliss Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 90, pp. 56-57, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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