- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Copper alloy weight for weighing gold, representing a dagger. [MJD 31/05/2011]
- Long description
- Copper alloy weight for weighing gold, representing a dagger. The dagger has a triangular blade and cylindrical handle. [MJD 31/05/2011]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1938
- Date collected
- By 1938
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast
- Dimensions
- Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 41 mm, Weight 7 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.18.579
Search terms: Measurement, Weapon, Punishment and Torture, Gold Weight, Dagger, Knife
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