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Bronze Angular Sword Blade, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot weapons & armour
Bronze Angular Sword Blade, Middle Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1750–1450 BC. British Museum, 1898,1201.161.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Middle Bronze Age III

Bronze Angular Sword Blade

Bronze sword blade; with angular shoulders, central midrib on either side and hooked tang; corroded along side of the blade and end of tang missing Dimensions: Length: 46.30 centimetres Object Type: dagger Techniques: cast

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Findspot
Maroni
Date
1750 - 1450 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Maroni

Identifiers

Accession no.
1898,1201.161, British Museum · Museum record

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