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Cornelis Tromp
Location: Holland Joined: 03 Jan 2010
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Posted: Mon 13 Feb, 2012 12:57 am Post subject: dagger for comment |
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Who can tell me more about this dagger, it is found in southern Spain Tarifa and has a bronze cross, grip and pommel cap, the cross and the grip are made out of one piece, the iron blade is flat diamond shaped with a pronounced mid-rib.
I found the same dagger shape on the ceiling of a church in Tarifa., but of course it's also what you want to see.
roman? early medieval period? other period?
thanks,
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Justin King
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Posted: Mon 13 Feb, 2012 5:40 am Post subject: |
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It looks medieval to me, probably 1250-1450, but I can't offer much beyond that. The mid-rib on the blade and the shape of the bronze hilt seem to place it in this time frame, but there isn't much else that I could base a guess on.
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Peter Johnsson
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Posted: Mon 13 Feb, 2012 11:59 am Post subject: |
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I wonder if it may have its origin in a Moorish weapon smith´s workshop?
I also have something gnawing in the back of my mind. I think I´ve seen a similar hilt somewhere, I cannot just remember where. I have a feeling it was pretty early. Iron age BC.
I keep looking through my material.
I´ll post the result if there is anything.
Interesting piece!
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Daniel Bezdek
Location: Prague, Czech Rep. Joined: 03 Nov 2007
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Posted: Wed 15 Feb, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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Peter Johnsson wrote: | I wonder if it may have its origin in a Moorish weapon smith´s workshop?
I also have something gnawing in the back of my mind. I think I´ve seen a similar hilt somewhere, I cannot just remember where. I have a feeling it was pretty early. Iron age BC.
I keep looking through my material.
I´ll post the result if there is anything.
Interesting piece! |
It looks like Thraco - Cimmerian dagger from 8th century BC.
Something similar:
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Cornelis Tromp
Location: Holland Joined: 03 Jan 2010
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Posted: Thu 23 Feb, 2012 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Peter and Daniel thank you, that's about 1000 years earlier than I expected.
best,
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