Bronze Riveted Dagger

Bronze Riveted Dagger

Description:

Bronze dagger-blade; tip slightly rounded; flattened diamond profile with low central ridge; three rivets at butt; concavity where blade and butt join, butt tapers to a squared-off end; cast and hammered; corroded.


Dimensions: Length: 24.30 centimetres; Thickness: 0.50 centimetres; Width: 3 centimetres


Object Type: dagger


Techniques: riveted; cast; hammered

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1650 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1497