Copper rat-tanged mid-ribbed dagger blade

Details

• Title

  Copper rat-tanged mid-ribbed dagger blade

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Famagusta › Kalopsida › Kalopsida (tomb 9) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Middle Bronze Age (Middle Cypriot Period) (c. 2000 - c. 1650 BC)

• Material and technique

  copper, pure

• Object type

  arms/armour › weapon › dagger

• Dimensions

  3.5 cm (width)
  34 cm (length)
  189.48 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Cyprus Exploration Fund, from excavations by John Linton Myres in 1894.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.117

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