Late Bronze Age bronze dagger

1500-1300 BCE
South-Eastern Europe

Cast. Leaf-shaped blade with an oval stop at shaft. Well defined midrib. Long narrow haft with rectangular cross section.
Intact. Length 5″ (12.7 cm). Height 0.6” (1.6 cm) Width 1.2” (3.0 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. 87: 12