Inventory Number: | B 2034 | |
Section Number: | ΒΕ 1819 | |
Conservation Number: | 2985 | |
Title: | Mycenaean Bronze Dagger | |
Category: | Bronze | |
Description: | Complete dagger. Well preserved, with slight corrosion. Three bronze rivets preserved along handle with three studs still in place, and three rivets on top area of blade. Five loose studs. (Also12 more loose studs from Tomb K 2:5 from undetermined dagger.) Blade tapers slightly to rounded blunt tip. Straight hilt ends in a flat pommel with rounded ends. Hilt and upper blade edged by flange. Bronze. Box of 12 studs that could be from B 2034, B 2035 and/or B 2036. | |
Context: | Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. | |
Handling: | Gloves should be worn during handling. No pressure should be put on the rivets. | |
Notebook Page: | 8859 ff. | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
PD Number: | PD 2784-13 | |
Dimensions: | L. (blade) 0.358, (hilt) 0.100; Th. (blade) 0.055; W. (blade) 0.065, (hilt) 0.025, (pommel) 0.055; | |
Material: | Copper alloy | |
Date: | 24 July 1998 | |
Section: | ΒΕ | |
Grid: | K/1,3-2/5,6 | |
Elevation: | 52.09-51.151m. | |
Masl: | 51.151-52.09m. | |
Deposit: | K 2:5 | |
Basket: | 95 | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 72 (2003), p. 268, no. 42, fig. 35. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 72 (2003) Drawing: PD 2784-13 (DA 5310) Images (14) Deposit: K 2:5 Card: B 2034 Card: B 2034 |