Early Bronze age copper dagger

2500-1900 B.C.
Catacomb culture, South-Eastern Europe

Cast. Double-edged wide blade with guard, well defined midrib in the middle and along perimeter on both sides. Flat haft.
Intact. Length  5.8″ (14.7 cm), Height 0.1” (0.35 cm), Width 1.3” (6 cm).
For similar published archaeological examples see:
– 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. 41: 7
– Berezanskaya S. S., Otroshenko V.V.,Kulturi epohi bronzi na teritorii Ukraini, Kiev, 1986,fig 3.
– Gimbutas M. Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe. Paris, London, 1965, p. 227, 156-1.