Cranked knife

A bronze knife with arched handle back and almost straight blade is fragmented into two parts at a distance of 4 cm from the tip. An area between the handle and the blade (wedge-shaped in cross section) is indicated by a small ledge. The edge of the blade is made in the form of an obtuse angle. The blade is modified with forging. A half-ring top must be a casting defect (underfilling item form). 

Material: bronze
Sizes: 178*22*4 mm
Region: Transbaikalia
Archeological culture: Bronze Age
Site: Shulun-Shinegalzhin
Storage location:

The museum of BSC SB RAS 

Inventory number: 273

 

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