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Object Number 40-77-40/9610
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Object Description Iron knife with straight, single-edged blade and rivets in tang; bent in half (ritually "killed") before burial. 29 cm. (original length; est.)
Inventory Description Metal, tool, knife, iron, large, straight single edged blade, bent in half
Classification
  • Knife
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Yugoslavia / Slovenia / <County> / Carniola
Intrasite Lot I
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 14.9 x 12.1 x 2.8 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-77-40/9610
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (?)

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