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Razor (or Dagger with End Broken Off)
Cypriote
Bronze Age, Early or Middle Cypriote Period
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.4880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Cosmetic and medical
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 550.
DescriptionCrusty, greenish and whitish brown patina.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and also includes 72.4871-72.4900 which were part of the original purchase as apparatus and not given 1872 accession numbers until the 1960s)
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and also includes 72.4871-72.4900 which were part of the original purchase as apparatus and not given 1872 accession numbers until the 1960s)