Model of a dagger and of a sheath in Red and Black Polished ware. The hilt of the dagger is decorated with incised circles, the sheath also with incised patterns. The incised ridge down the centre of the sheath simulates stitched leather and indicates what such sheaths (which do not survive) were made of.

Although these two do not actually belong together (they were probably found in separate places), several clay models of daggers like this with their own accompanying sheaths are known, and they may have been specially produced as tomb furnishings. They appear to be thoroughly realistic in that they clearly replicate the form and design (as well as the size) of actual Early Cypriot copper or bronze daggers, which often have similar leaf-shaped blades and long tangs to which a hilt was once attached. They are particularly valuable for the information they give us about the hilts and sheaths which do not survive on real daggers. The incised circle decoration on the hilt of this example suggests that its real-life prototype may have had a bone hilt encasing the metal tang.