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Copper rat-tanged sword blade with midrib, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot weapons & armour
Copper rat-tanged sword blade with midrib, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1550 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1888.1311 Other IDs: AN1896-1908 C.119 (accession number (old format)).Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Late Bronze Age I

Copper rat-tanged sword blade with midrib

Copper rat-tanged sword blade with midrib Dimensions: 65.405cm (length)563.5g (weight)max pres of blade 4cm (width)tang (square in section) 1.35cm (width) Object Type: arms or armour > weapon > sword

Classification

Object type
Weapon
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Nicosia-Leondari Vouno
Date
1650 - 1550 BC

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Provenance

  • Nicosia, Nicosia, Nicosia-Eylenja, Leontari Vouno (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1888.1311, Ashmolean Museum · Museum record
Accession number (old format)
AN1896-1908 C.119, Ashmolean Museum

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