dirk
- Museum number
- 136978
- Description
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Copper alloy dirk; hilt and blade are a single casting and the hilt recessed for inlay, now missing; the worn edges of the blade indicate where it was re-sharpened in antiquity; crescent shape guard.
- Production date
- 1500BC-500BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 41.20 centimetres
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Weight: 344.50 grammes
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1995-2005, 17 Nov-14 Dec, BM, G52/IRAN/16/2.
- Acquisition date
- 1969
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 136978
- Registration number
- .136978