Early Bronze Age bronze knife or dart-head

2700-2500 B.C.
South-Eastern Europe

Cast and hammered. Double-edged, rhomboidal shaped blade. Narrow and slightly thicker haft with rectangular cross section.
Intact. Length 3.5″ (8.9 cm). Height 0.1” (0.3 cm). Width 1.2” (3.1 cm).
For similar published archaeological examples see:
– Bratchenko S.N. Donetska katakombna kultura rannyogo etapu. Vol.2. Fig. plates. Lugansk, 2001, fig.71.
– N. V. Ryndina, A. D. Degtyareva, Non-ferrous Metal of the Yamnaya Cultural-Historical Area from Sites of Ukraine: morphology and production technology, Stratum plus. 2, 2018, fig. 3.
– Klochko V. I., Weaponry of societies of the Northern Pontic culture circle: 5000-700 BC. Poznań : Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Eastern Studies, Institute of Prehistory, 2001, Fig. 43: 9