Copper alloy dagger blade

Copper alloy dagger blade

Description:

Leaf-shaped blade with tang and two rivet-holes in base of blade.


4 7/16in. (11.3cm)

Period:

Early Bronze Age II

Date:

2200 - 1800 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4610, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1369, p. 385, New York: Gilliss Press.

Accession Number:

74.51.5293