Knife

Description

A bronze knife with an S-curved blade and a small hollow handle which was probably inset with bone or wood. Possibly Mediterranean.

Object data

Accession number

HCA 630

Date made

1st millennium BC

Materials

Metal; Copper Alloy; Bronze

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Archival information

File of material relating to a decorated bronze knife. Includes photocopy of object description sheet which includes sketch of object (date unspecified); photocopy of document (3 December 1994) which comprises comments made by Michael Ryan about various objects in the Hunt Museum. In relation to present object, states that George Eogan might be asked to comment on it and questions if it is Mediterranean; Hunt Museum object comment sheet (22 May 1995) which relates comments of Doctor Otto Urban about object. States that this is a Hallstatt B type object and provides name of person in Vienna who might be contacted for opinion on object.

Place of collection

Culture

Copyright Attribution

Knife | Metal,Copper Alloy,Bronze | 1st millennium BC | The Hunt Collection | PD

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