17658 | 1935,0113.407

18969http://www165.123.244.137/subject/18969/17658 | 1935,0113.407

Object TypeKnives and Swords

MuseumBritish Museum

Season Number10: 1931-1932

MaterialCopper Alloy

U Number17658

Description (Modern)Blade

Description (Catalog Card)Copper dagger blade. With 3 rivets : tip of tang with 3rd rivet broken. Type not RC. Cf knife RC 4.Woolley's description

Description (Modern)Copper alloy Blades; possibly a sword; short broken tang with two rivets; mineral deposits.Data collected by British Museum research team.

Find Context (Catalog Card)Ziggurat: 1931. Found on the top of a wall of period Archaic I and under IIIrd dynasty wall.

Material (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (BM Big Number)137888

Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1935,0113.407Data collected by British Museum research team.

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 240mm, W. 52mm