Dirk

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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
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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