The knife found in burial 103 has an arched back blade and a triangular distal tip. The latter has a double edge, which functionally brings this tool closer to a dagger. The upper part of the blade, from the base of the point to the handle, is decorated with a punch that is identical on both sides. It consists of a double row of dots over a line of scallops marked with a central dot. The back of the knife is not decorated. A flanged tongue and two rivets were used to attach an organic handle.
Where to find it
Sens (89) Musées de Sens
Passage Moïse et 135 rue des Déportés et de la Résistance
89100 Sens
Commune of discovery
ÉtignyIndre et loire
Locality
Prés Pendus Passy
Type of intervention
Excavation
Year of excavation
1995
Inventory number
D.95.8.8
Scope
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased
Defence ➔ Military equipment
Materials
Metal ➔ Copper alloy
Chronological period
Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Bronze Age [- 2200/ - 800] ➔ Final Bronze Age [- 1400/ - 800]
Dimensions
L. 18.8 cm, l. 2.6 cm,
Bibliographie
Germaine DEPIERRE, Marie JACQUEMIN, Fabrice MULLER, Sylvain COLLET, avec la collaboration de Claude MORDANT.
LA NECROPOLE DES "PRES PENDUS" SUR LES COMMUNES DE PASSY ET DE VERON (YONNE) : un complexe funéraire de Bronze final I-IIa. In Revue Archéologique de l'Est n° 48 1997. p.3 à 50. 34 figures
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