Dagger
MS4761
Location: On Display in the Classical World Gallery
From: Greece | Crete | Agios Antonios
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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Object Number
MS4761
Current Location
Classical World Gallery - On Display
Culture
Minoan
Provenience
Greece | Crete | Agios Antonios
Period
Early Minoan I | Early Minoan II | Early Minoan III
Section
Mediterranean
Materials
Bronze
Description
Minoan Dagger. Long dagger with slightly concave sides and rounded heel, with two rivet holes near the heel. Flat section with no central midrib.
Height
12 cm
Width
2.75 cm
Credit Line
Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Betancourt, Philip P. The Cretan Collections in the University Museum: Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilke, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos, and Other Sites . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1983. See: p. 6, no. 2, fig. 5, pl. 1
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Branigan, Keith. Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age . Oxford: 1974. See: no, 101
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Branigan, Keith. Copper and Bronze Working in Early Bronze Age Crete . 1968. See: p. 73, no. LD.II.15
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Luce, Stephen B. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section
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Hall, Edith H. Excavations in Eastern Crete; Vrokastro . The University Museum, 1914. See: p. 183-184, fig. 107 lower right
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