Bronze Dagger Blade

Bronze Dagger Blade

Description:

Section of bronze dagger-blade and butt; cast and hammered; flattened diamond profile with central ridge; preserved blade shaft is vertical, preserved butt is tapering; two bronze rivets on butt; corroded; broken at both ends; type uncertain.


Dimensions: Length: 5.60 centimetres max ; Thickness: 0.60 centimetres max ; Width: 2.60 centimetres max


Object Type: dagger


Techniques: riveted; cast; hammered

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1514