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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | ZM 12 | | Title: | | LATE HELLADIC BRONZE KNIFE | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | ZM | | Object Number: | | 12 | | Description: | | Single edged bronze blade with haft. Blade is long and slender, triangular in section, with a straight edge, tapering in width from the point where the blade meets the handle. Tang has both edges flanged at an angle of 90 degrees forming a long groove (0.056m) but no rivet holes for fitting the handle, presumably of wood or bone, and an extension, round in section, to which traces of ivory adhere. | | Decoration: | | Incised lines run along the top of the blade, parallel to the edge, with raised ridges between. Two raised ridges run along the top and bottom of the handle. An ivory knob decorated the end, but its form cannot be determined. | | Material: | | Bronze, ivory | | Condition: | | Fragment. frgmt, preserving most of blade and handle, as well as traces of ivory | | Period: | | Late Helladic | | Findspot Description: | | "Drain trap," West of Potter's Shop, Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 202-203, fig. 190.1 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Image: bw 2002 014 04a
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