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Copper rat-tanged dirk with mid-rib and bent tip, Early Bronze Age I Cypriot weapons & armour
Copper rat-tanged dirk with mid-rib and bent tip, Early Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2500–2300 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1957.22.Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Early Bronze Age I

Copper rat-tanged dirk with mid-rib and bent tip

Copper rat-tanged dirk with mid-rib and bent tip Dimensions: 6.5cm (width)bend considered 43.6cm (length)625.4g (weight)bend not considered 40cm (length)without bend 6.2cm (width)section of tang 1.6 x 1.7cm (length x width) Object Type: arms or armour > weapon > dagger > dirk

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Kyrenia
Date
2500 - 2300 BC

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Provenance

  • Kyrenia, Vasileia, Vasileia (tomb 1) (place of excavation)

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Accession no.
AN1957.22, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology · Museum record

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