dagger

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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,1201.123
Description: Bronze dagger-blade; with midline rib on each side of the blade, with grooves each side of the midrib on the upper part of the blade and a hooked tang, corroded on each side towards the point of the blade.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1650BC-1450BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Maroni, Tomb 9
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 28.60 centimetres; Width: 2.50 centimetres (max)
Bibliographic references: Bronze / Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan. (3198); Johnson 1980 / Maroni de Chypre (no. 73); SCE IV/1D / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Vol. IV. Part 1D. The Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Other arts and crafts (p.476); Kiely 2011b / Maroni (9.1)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1898,1201.123

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