Copper alloy dagger blade - image 1

Bronze Age

Copper alloy dagger blade

Leaf-shaped blade with tang and three rivet-holes, two in the base of the blade. 3 7/8in. (9.8cm)

Date

2500 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5296

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.