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side view (dagger and hilt)

bibliography and image source: Strommenger, Eva: Fünf Jahrtausende Mesopotamien. München: Hirmer Verlag, pl. XVI.

• museum number: IM4307

• excavation number: -

• provenience: Ur (Royal Cemetery)

• dimension(s) (in cm):
length (dagger): 37; width (blade): 5.5

• material: gold, lapis lazuli

• date: (ca. 2400 BC)

• description:
dagger and hilt; decorated with gold granulations (annealed); dagger has lapis lazuli handle studded with gold nails

• status: unknown

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