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Sword blade with a short tang that would have fitted into the handle. The shoulders of the blade form a ‘V’ shape with the tang. The blade has a central ridge on both sides and it tappers to a point. The sword blade is bent towards the point and the end of the tang is bent over.
Sword
Depth: 0.013 m
Length: 0.482 m
Width: 0.046 m
Method of acquisition: Given
(1892)
by
Bulwer, Henry, Sir, KCMG
Early Cypriot
Middle Cypriote
Bronze Age
-2100
BCE
-
-1601
BCE
Accession number: GR.210a.1892
Primary reference Number: 66805
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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