Bronze Catling Dagger

Bronze Catling Dagger

Description:

Bronze dagger of copper alloy hammered from simple billet casting from a one-piece mould; the blade has a rivetless rat tailed tang and rounded sloping shoulders, tapering steadily to its point; Catling Type A.1.4d; corroded with some notching along the edge of the blade.


Dimensions: Thickness: 0.20 - 0.30 centimetres; Length: 14 centimetres max ; Weight: 31.08 grammes; Width: 2 centimetres max. (at shoulder)


Object Type: knife


Series: Catling type (A1, sub type 4 d)


Techniques: cast; hammered

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2300 - 1900 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Vounous

Accession Number:

1940,0424.1