12097http://www165.123.244.137/subject/12097/12191 | 30-12-283MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeKnives and SwordsSeason Number07: 1928-1929Object TypeKnives and SwordsMaterialCopper AlloyMaterialCopper AlloyU Number12191Description (Modern)Copper knife Type 4 with 6 rivets in a triangular shape. Blade is triangular in shape, broken in two does not mend. The piece that is just the blade is broken and mended. Tip missing. Haft is broken and repaired. Spot for modern metal testing. U number on object, hard to make-out. Description (Catalog Card)Copper Knife. Type III.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Archival)Copper. 6 rivets. Broken in 2. Dagger blade. Type III. CBS Register: U.12101. copper dagger (with sketch) 6 rivets. length 170 mm U.12191 is in the databaseFind Context (Catalog Card)PG 1287Material (Catalog Card)CopperMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)30-12-283Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 180mmMeasurement (Diameter)4RivetMeasurement (X)65Blade portionMeasurement (X)69Haft PortionMeasurement (X)20RivetMeasurement (Y)16Blade portionMeasurement (Y)32Haft PortionMeasurement (Z)4Blade portionMeasurement (Z)4Haft PortionConservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 111PseudomorphWoodPseudomorphThere are organic pseudomorphs around the rivets, possibly bone/ivory from a handle.