Tangless Copper Dagger, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot weapons & armour
Tangless Copper Dagger, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 2300–1900 BC. British Museum, 1940,0424.7.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Early Bronze Age II

Tangless Copper Dagger

Tangless dagger with blunt butt and three rivet holes; Catling type A.2.f; cast from copper alloy and hammered; midrib along blade. The three rivets belonging to this item are detached, and numbered 1940,0424.7a-c. Dimensions: Length: 8.90 centimetres max Object Type: knife Series: Catling type (A2 f) Techniques: cast; hammered

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Date
2300 - 1900 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus

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Accession No.

1940,0424.7

Collection

Provenance

  • Vounous

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