Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax)
c. 500–700
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Single-Edged Knife (Scramasax), c. 500–700. Merovingian, Migration period, 6th-7th Century. Iron, brass, gold foil, gold wire, gemstones; overall: 54.3 x 6.4 cm (21 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.429
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- iron, brass, gold foil, gold wire, gemstones
- Dimensions
- Overall: 54.3 x 6.4 cm (21 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1926.429
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Baltimore, Balitimore Museum of Art: "Early CHristian and Byzantine Art" April 24--June 24, 1947.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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