Bronze Dagger Blade

Bronze Dagger Blade

Description:

Bronze dagger-blade or knife; cast and hammered; small flat tang; angular shoulders, originally two rivets, now four; blade narrowing towards rounded end; low mid-rib; repaired in antiquity; metal very corroded.


Dimensions: Length: 9 centimetres


Object Type: dagger; knife


Techniques: cast; hammered; riveted

Period:

Middle Bronze Age I

Date:

1950 - 1650 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Klavdia

Accession Number:

1899,1229.67