Arsenical Copper Knife, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot weapons & armour — Arsenical Copper Knife, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 2300–2075 BC. British Museum, 1940,0424.10.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Early Bronze Age II

Arsenical Copper Knife

Knife made of arsenical copper; cast; long blade tapering to a point; central ridge on both sides; short tang with single rivet-hole;rivet in place; Catling type A.2.b. Dimensions: Length: 17.30 centimetres; Width: 3.35 centimetres Object Type: knife Series: Catling type (A2 b) Techniques: cast; hammered; riveted

Classification

Object type: Tool
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Period: probablyBronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
Date: 2300 - 2075 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Bellapais-Vounous

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Vounous

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Accession no.: 1940,0424.10, British Museum · Museum record

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British Museum, 1940,0424.10 (“knife”)
From Bellapais-Vounous, BSA Tomb 105

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