Knife Blade

71-16-1

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 71-16-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Edges slightly concave (perhaps originally straight) tapering evenly toward point. Midrib is merely a thickening so that cross section is lentoid. Heel slightly rounded; rivet holes follow its line about 1cm. in from heel. Three rivets (one still in place) plus a fourth hole made in error making bite in margin. Edges and point roughened by corrosion.

Length 14 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alvin S. Romansky, 1971

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