Catling Copper Dagger

Catling Copper Dagger

Description:

Knife blade with rounded point and raised midrib; Catling type A.2.b with single rivet hole in a rectangular tang; distinct shoulders; cast in unalloyed copper, then hammered; now corroded.


Dimensions: Length: 16.40 centimetres max


Object Type: dagger


Series: Catling type (A.2.b)


Techniques: cast; hammered

Period:

Early Bronze Age I

Date:

2300 - 2150 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Vounous

Accession Number:

1940,0424.11