
Early Bronze Age I
Copper tanged mid-ribbed dagger
Copper tanged mid-ribbed dagger Dimensions: 4.5cm (width)21.3cm (length)83.75g (weight)tang at top 1.25cm (width) Object Type: arms or armour > weapon > dagger
Classification
- Object type
- Weapon
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Period
- probablyBronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
- Date
- 2500 - 2300 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Collection
Provenance
- Kyrenia, Vasileia, Vasileia (tomb 1) (place of excavation)
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- AN1957.21, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology · Museum record
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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, AN1957.21 (“Copper tanged mid-ribbed dagger”)
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