Irish Late Bronze Age bronze socketed knife

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A bronze knife with a hollow socket for the insertion of a handle. There are two vertical holes in the socket for attachemnt pins to hold the handle in place.

Culture
Ireland, Late Bronze Age, c. 800-600 BC

Size
13.2 x 2.7 cms

Condition
Losses as seen in the photographs, smooth tactile patina

Provenance
Ex. collection: Alison Barker, London, UK; acquired during the 1960’s-1990’s.

For a similar knife found in Ireland, please compare: Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum Oxford 1987; catalogue item 11.70

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