Caption

Dagger blade, unknown Mitannian workshop; weapons, daggers; Mitannian period ca. 1550–ca. 1250 BC. The blade of a short dagger with a centric point. At the upper end it terminates in a short, rectangular base blunted on both sides, behind which the double-edged blade tapers evenly towards the tip. Hilt not preserved. c. 1550–c. 1250 BC; Tell Abu Hafur East northeastern Syria, Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin. Height 15.6 cm; blade width 2.5 cm; depth 0.2 cm; base length 1.7 cm; base width 1.7 cm., A long, thin, dark brown metallic object lies horizontally across a muted gray background, tapering to a pointed end on one side and appearing slightly thicker and irregular on the opposite side; the surface shows rough, textured areas and subtle variations in brown and darker gray tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_472

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.5Mb (976.6Kb) / 20.0in x 6.5in / 6000 x 1951 (300dpi)

Keywords

Dagger blade unknown Mitannian workshop weapons daggers Mitannian period ca 1550–ca 1250 Bc blade short dagger centric point upper terminates short rectangular base blunted sides double-edged tapers evenly towards tip Hilt preserved c 1550–c Tell Abu Hafur East northeastern Syria Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Height 15.6 cm width 2.5 cm depth 0.2 cm base length 1.7 cm base 1.7 cm long thin dark brown metallic object lies horizontally across muted gray background tapering pointed side appearing slightly thicker irregular opposite side surface rough textured areas subtle variations brown darker gray tones.