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13.10.1 Rat-tanged dirk (sword blade used as a dagger or spearhead), with long thin blade, pointed at both ends, with sloping shoulders. A rib runs nearly the full length of the piece (flattened in the last 2 cm of the blade end). The middle of the rib, near the attachment end, is thin, rhomboidal in section, narrowing to pointed tip or tang which is turned up slightly at the end. Approximately 1/4 down the length of the blade the flange broadens, so that two flat sides spread from the centre rib. The blade end of the dirk has nearly straight sides, but tapers gently to a rounded tip. Catling's type 1d; near Åstrom's type I4. As Catling suggests (1964, 56) the rat-tailed weapon, the most characteristic of prehistoric Cypriote metal forms, occurs in so many sizes that it is impossible to classify them as swords, dirks, daggers, or even spearheads.
2022.7.8.a a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.b a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.c a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.d a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.e a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.f a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.g a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.h a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.i a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.l a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
2022.7.8.m a column krater is a large, open-mouthed bowl used for mixing wine with water. There are only eleven fragments of this krater, three of them are from the base, the base is thick and wide, made with one big ring and two smaller rings, the body (even if absent) would have been with a round belly; two fragments are from the mouth of the krater, thick and wide rim with flat top
E.23.40.1-4 Three pieces unattached but found together. The panels are very thin and the ring does not meet beneath them but is attached either side.
E.65.11 Not perfectly round but still circular. Widest from side to side. Has a rectangular extension at base so that the object would have sat in the handle. Flat and thin with slightly sloped edges to avoid making them sharp.
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