Weapons and AmmunitionAnatolian3rd millennium BCE
Large Dagger
25th-24th century BCE
Dimensions
17.1 x 2.7 cm (6 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by David Gordon Mitten at the bazaar in Izmir, Turkey, during the summer of 1960.
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