- Nationality/Period
Early Iron Age
- Provenance
Asan-si
- Materials
Metal - Copper Alloy
- Category
Military affairs - Warlike implements - Swords - sword
- Dimensions
L. 31.5cm, L. 28.5cm, L. 29.6cm, L. 26.2cm, L. 16.6cm, L. 21.2cm, L. 20.0cm, L. 4.7cm
- Accession Number
Sinsu 3489
These are Korean-type bronze daggers excavated from the archaeological site in Namseong-ri, Sinchang-myeon, Asan, Chungcheongnam-do. (A total of nine daggers were discovered.) The body and handle of the Korean-type bronze dagger were separately made, as was the case with the Liaoning-type bronze dagger. Compared to the Liaoning-type, however, its body was straighter and the indentation in the middle was sharpened to form joints. Along with the findings at the archaeological sites in Goejeong-dong, Daejeon and Dongseo-ri, Yesan, the relics excavated from Namseong-ri, Asan show the earlier features of the Korean-type bronze dagger culture established in the southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula.