Sir John Evans Centenary Project - image background is marbled paper from one of John Evans's books John Evans Numismatic Society Medal 1899

Sir John Evans's Collections of Artefacts

 

Bronze Age Dagger

Country of Origin: Britain

Description: Brown mottled flint chipped dagger.

Dimensions: 15.8cm length x 5.8cm width

Object Period: Bronze Age

Provenance: Fiskerton, Lincolnshire

Museum Accession No.: AN1927.3503

Aquisition History: Presented to the Ashmolean Museum by Sir Arthur Evans in 1927.

Other Information: The dagger has a blue 'Evans' label and the accession number in black pen, but modern practice would have the object photographed the other way up, this shows the dagger upside down.