Dagger scabbard: GR.5u.1939

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Current Location: Gallery 22 (Cypriot)

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Dagger scabbard

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Description

Model of dagger-scabbard

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.234 m
Width: 0.053 m

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Find spot

Vounous Cyprus

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Stewart, J. R.

Dating

Early Cypriot
Bronze Age
-2200 BCE - -2101 BCE

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.5u.1939
Primary reference Number: 69473
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 5 December 2022

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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            University of Cambridge}}

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