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LOT 0346
Bronze Age Knife with Ribbed Handle
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 1/2 in. (94.2 grams, 21.7 cm).
With a long single-edged blade, the handle with raised ribs decorated with incised hatching, looped terminal.
Provenance
Acquired in the 2000s.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.
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