Early Bronze Age I

Bronze dagger blade

Leaf-shaped blade with a hooked tang. width 8 9/16in. (21.8cm)

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References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4616, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1378, pp. 387, 389, New York: Gilliss Press.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 89, 91, fig. 117, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 89, 91, fig. 117, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 82, pp. 55-56, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession no.: 74.51.5269, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 4616
Richter 1915, no. 1378
Karageorghis 2000, no. 82

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