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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Knife with ibex-head pommel and malachite]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Ancient &amp; Classical]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A bronze knife embellished with a pommel in the shape of the head of an ibex (a wild goat); the eyes and nostrils of the creature are inlaid with turquoise, and the horns arch back to touch the neck of the animal behind the ear; a second loop in the shape of a stylized bird head was added as a suspension device, curving from the snout of the ibex to the handle of the knife; the hilt of the knife is further embellished with a series of indented parallel lines and small triangles; a transverse ridge exists, separating the hilt from the blade and projecting on the cutting edge of the knife]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1300 BCE]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Bronze]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Bronze]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[12 5/8&quot; L x 2&quot; W x 3/8&quot; D]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[2015.2.2]]></dcterms:identifier>
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