Catacomb culture, Europe
2500-1900 BC
Cast. Double-edged, broad leaf-shaped blade with faintly defined midrib. Narrow haft with rectangular cross section. Rivet-hole for attaching the grip. Height 6.7″ (17.2 cm).
For similar published archaeological examples see:
-V. Klochko, L. Klochko, Complex of Metal Goods between the Vistula and Dnieper Rivers at the turn of 4000-3000 to 3000 BC Concept of the Carpathian – Volhynia “Willow Leaf” Metallurgy Centre. Baltic-Pontic Studies vol. 18: 2013, 36-68; p.56 fig. 14, 23.