Dagger, Middle Bronze Age, Tumulus Culture, ca. 1600 to 1300 BC, Rare!

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Seller: mayadigger486 ✉️ (1,887) 100%, Location: Anaheim, California, US, Ships to: US, Item: 386168979272 Dagger, Middle Bronze Age, Tumulus Culture, ca. 1600 to 1300 BC, Rare!.

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Dagger, Middle Bronze Age, Tumulus Culture, ca.1600 to 1300 BC, Rare!

Copper alloy; 132mm x 6mm/38.8gm

Condition/ Tang broken in antiquity, otherwise, As Cast and Engraved. Choice green patina and still nearly sharp enough for shaving...no kidding!

Location Found/ A long forgotten Celtic settlement south of the Drava River, Croatia.

Seller's Note/ If you are not familiar with Tumulus Culture, you are not alone! The Tumulus Culture was the dominant material culture in Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age and its territory included parts of Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, the Carpathian Basin, and into the northern Balkans, IE Croatia. It was succeeded by the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture. See the map!

Tumulus Culture dagger blades are always characterized with an elegant ornamentation such as incised circles and/or lines along the blade as presented in our photo.

Trade was vast in those days, either via roads or rivers. The answer as to how this Tumulus Culture dagger ended up in Croatian Celtic settlement is moot. Was it a trade item? Owned by a merchant or even, perhaps, a trade ambassador as a gift of some sort? Sadly, we'll never know.

  • Condition: Tang broken in antiquity, otherwise, As Cast and Engraved
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Material: Bronze

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