10777

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Object TypeKnives and Swords

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number06: 1927-1928

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number10777

Description (Modern)Copper Dagger. Type 7D. Triangular blade. Three rivets in a triangle shape. Three holes for modern day testing and one spot for the same.

Description (Catalog Card)Copper Dagger Short tang with 3 rivets on either sideWoolley's description

Description (Archival)CBS Register: copper. dagger blade, three rivets. length 182 mm. width 36 mm sample found in Sam Nash's Metallurgy cabinets. Sample Number Ur 134

Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 849

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17351

Measurement (Catalog Card)L of blade 0185

Measurement (X)181

Measurement (Y)35

Measurement (Z)4

MASCA Metallurgy TestingSample 134.

Conservation2007. University Museum Near East Section Ur Metals Conservation Treatment Project. IMLS Grant.

ConservationPossibly electrolytic reduction treatment