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Copper rat-tanged mid-ribbed dagger blade, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot weapons & armour
Copper rat-tanged mid-ribbed dagger blade, Middle Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 2000–1650 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1896-1908.C.117 Other IDs: 1881.117 (accession number (old format)).Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Middle Bronze Age I

Copper rat-tanged mid-ribbed dagger blade

Copper rat-tanged mid-ribbed dagger blade Dimensions: 3.5cm (width)34cm (length)189.48g (weight) Object Type: arms or armour > weapon > dagger

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Findspot
Kalopsidha
Date
2000 - 1650 BC

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Provenance

  • Famagusta, Kalopsida, Kalopsida (tomb 9) (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1896-1908.C.117, Ashmolean Museum · Museum record
Accession number (old format)
1881.117, Ashmolean Museum

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