Late Bronze Age II
Bronze dagger blade
Broad flat tang with five rivet-holes. length 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Date
1600 - 1050 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5290
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4692, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1403, pp. 390-91, 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. 88, pp. 56-57, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.