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

No.71-71), without an illustration, was reported to have a shallow broad midrib and a
rectangular tang with a central piercing. The edges are badly worn and, therefore, it is
not easy to discern if it had beveling of some sort (Zimmermann, 2005: 292). The
shallow midrib and a rectangular tang with a single rivet piercing is a common type of
dagger construction in the Central Anatolian region. The first blade with an illustration
available (Cat. No: 24) has a shallow broad-midrib and the edges seems to be beveled.
The tang is broken, but it seems to have a single rivet hole where the tang broke. The
poorly preserved state of the dagger prevents us from discerning the details of the
dagger. Nevertheless, this dagger, as the other two daggers from Kalınkaya/Toptaştepe
listed above, can be placed in with the regional dagger types from Ahlatlıbel, Alaca
Höyük, Horoztepe and Ovabayındır. The last dagger to be discussed (Cat.No:23),
however, stands out from the other three daggers typologically, as it is the only dagger
in Central Anatolia so far listed as Type VI in this study. The way the midrib is
constructed (a triangular broad flat midrib extending to about 1/3 of the blade before
becoming a sharp midrib) has its only parallel in Yortan/Gelembe (Fig. 24). The heavy
corrosion of the Kalınkaya blade prevents us from determining the angle of the
shoulders where they meet the blade.
There is only one dagger recovered from Kayapınar which is classified as
Type Id dagger (Cat.No: 24). The Kayapınar dagger provides an opportunity to
demonstrate that the typologically simple dagger does not translate into inferior
metallurgical practices or an early date. The other metal finds from Kayapınar show a
high level of metallurgical skills. This is most evident from one of the three metal
vessels recovered from looters. One of the vessels, a spouted teapot, has movable
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