Copper alloy dagger blade

Copper alloy dagger blade

Description:

Leaf-shaped blade with tang and three rivet-holes, two in the base of the blade.


3 7/8in. (9.8cm)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

2500 - 1050 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4615, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1374, p. 386, New York: Gilliss Press.

Accession Number:

74.51.5296