
Anear dagger is a relatively rare and exotic form of dagger that was used during the lateMiddle Ages andRenaissance. It is so named because the pommel of the dagger has a very distinctive shape, somewhat resembling ahuman ear.[1] Ear daggers frequently have a single sharpened edge that ends in an acute point.
It is thought that the ear dagger was introduced to Europe from Spain, where it presumably originated from theMoors.
The design (in bronze) may have appeared in the second millennium BC inLuristan and is more firmly attested in the first.[1] Further production in the same area took place between 300AD and 500AD.[1] The design was first made in Europe in the Iberian peninsular.[1] By the 15th century, manufacture had extended to Italy.[1]
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