Knife
MS2777
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS2777 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
Locus | Tomb 1 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Description | A: Bronze; edges corroded; mended; three rivet holes near narrower end with remains of iron rivets for attaching handle; on one end of blade remnant of rectangular extension. B: Consists of ring with rectangular piece of thin bronze attached, continues the rectangular extension of knife-pieces of same thickness; corrosion of each similar; do not join tightly, but break is an old one. A ring for suspension at end of a blade is unusual, but something unusual is implied by extension on the knife. |
Length | 9.84 cm |
Width | 6.99 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1898 |
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