Dirk

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Early dirks were lethal stabbing weapons. This bronze example was found in under a boulder about a foot from the shore of Loch Glashan in Argyll. It dates from between 1300 and 1100 BC.

The blade has a trapezoidal-shaped hilt with two notches for rivets.

Dirks are generally more robust and larger than the earlier Bronze Age daggers they developed from. Many must also have had a ceremonial function.

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• Online ID: 000-100-043-980-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DJ 44
• Date: Between 1300 and 1100 BC
  
• Material: Bronze, greenish brown; trapezoidal hilt with two notches for rivets, triple-arris blade; surfaces of blade mainly have a brown water patina but this is very patchy towards hilt where it has been abraded or flaked off to reveal metal
  
• Dimensions: 150 mm L x 48 mm B x 5.50 mm Th
  
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• Where: Scotland, Argyll, Kilmichael Glassary, Loch Glashan
  
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• Description: Bronze dirk from Loch Glashan, Argyll
  
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