Object type
knife
Culture/period
Medieval and modern
Materials
iron
Technique
forging
Production date
1350
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Township
Tàrrega (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Urgell)
Dimensions
546 x 39 x 25 mm
Description
Long knife or short sword. It has a wide blade and parallel sides, with a rectangular cross-section that at the base becomes triangular. Continuous edge on the outside and pointed tip. The centred spike has a hole in the middle to fix the handle to it, and an integrated thick ring-shaped pommel parallel to the plane of the blade. This feature shows the oriental influence that would lead to the so-called ear daggers, of which this example is a precedent.
© Museu comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID
1183