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EARLY BRONZE AGE DAGGERS IN CENTRAL ... - Bilkent University

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end of the tang, however, is missing. The location of the low rivet may suggest that<br />

there was an additional rivet close to the end of the tang.<br />

Type IIIa1<br />

The second blade in Type II a subcategory, from Resuloğlu (Cat. No: 32), has<br />

a very narrow tang which is the flattened continuation of the midrib. It is pierced by a<br />

single rivet. It should be noted that there were three additional rivets were recovered<br />

with this dagger. Additional rivets must have been used for the organic handle. The<br />

shoulders, unlike the previous dagger, are straight and wide.<br />

Type IIIb<br />

The silver dagger from Alaca Höyük (Cat. No: 6) has a cylindroid midrib<br />

which continues until the shoulder level. The edges of the blade are beveled. The wide<br />

tang is pierced at its end by two parallel rivets, which is the hallmark of Type IIIb<br />

daggers. The shoulders are narrow and rounded.<br />

Type IIIb1<br />

The cylindroid midrib of the Göller Mezarlığı dagger (cat. No: 14) continues<br />

pass the shoulder line of the blade, until the double parallel rivets at the end of the<br />

wide tang. The shoulders of the blade are wide and inclining at a low angle.<br />

5.5 Type IV<br />

There also a practice of combining the wide and flat midribs with the<br />

cylindroid midrib construction in Central Anatolia, exclusively in Horoztepe.<br />

Therefore, all three under this type, Type IVa (Cat. No: 17), Type IVa1 (Cat. No: 19)<br />

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