Bronze Tapered Dagger - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Bronze Tapered Dagger

Bronze dagger-blade; blade tapering to pointed end; profile flat with a broad, rounded central ridge; sharp ridge at blade-butt join is probably corrosion not intentional; butt short and tapering with no rivets; cast and hammered; edges and surface corroded; impressions of organic material adhering to blade and butt. Dimensions: Length: 23.10 centimetres max ; Thickness: 0.40 centimetres; Width: 2.70 centimetres Object Type: dagger Techniques: cast; hammered

Date

1650 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

1897,0401.1498

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi