A dagger believed to have been used for ritual purposes during the Iron Age was found embedded in a piece of clay that had fallen from a cliff during a powerful storm.
Museum of the History of Kamensk Land. A 2800-year-old dagger in clay, where it had been for thousands of years.
When Jacek Ukowski and Katarzyna Gierdzik first removed the dagger from the rock it was embedded in, they were amazed. “I didn’t expect to find something so significant,” Gierdzik said in a statement posted on the Kamieńska Land History Museum’s Facebook page, “but as soon as I saw the object, I immediately realized it could be valuable.”
The dagger has been remarkably well preserved for the last 2,800 years, making it one of the most significant finds of its kind in Poland. It is engraved with crescents and crosses resembling stars, and the pattern in the center of the blade may represent a constellation. The handle has ridges, diagonal marks, and a pointed pommel.
Museum of the History of Kamensk Land. Future analysis will reveal the exact composition of the dagger, including the level of copper and tin.
Grzegorz Kurka, director of the Museum of the History of the Kamianska Land, told the Polish Press Agency (PAP):
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