Weapons and AmmunitionAnatolian3rd millennium BCE

Large Dagger

25th-24th century BCE

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast and hammered

Medium

Arsenical copper

Culture

Anatolian

Period

Bronze Age, Early

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

17.1 x 2.7 cm (6 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Purchased by David Gordon Mitten at the bazaar in Izmir, Turkey, during the summer of 1960.

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