Bronze Hexagonal Dagger

Bronze Hexagonal Dagger

Description:

Bronze dagger-blade; tip pointed; flattened hexagonal profile with low, flat central ridge; two rivets at butt; end broken off; cast and hammered; corroded.


Dimensions: Length: 19.20 centimetres max ; Thickness: 0.30 centimetres; Width: 2.50 centimetres


Object Type: dagger


Techniques: cast; hammered; riveted

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1200 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1064