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LOT 0243
Amarlu Type Bronze Sword with Blood Channels
LATE 2ND MILLENIUM B.C.
28 3/4 in. (668 grams, 73 cm).
Formed with a long triangular blade, thick midrib with parallel fullers, rectangular guard, long tang with folded end.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market, prior to 1980s.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Literature
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, no.36, for type.
Footnotes
This sword finds a good parallel with a bronze sword with bell-shaped pommel, today in the National Museum of Tehran. Originally these swords had separately made hilt which was then cast on the blade. These swords were more typical of the North-West Persian territory, especially in the Amlash and Gilan areas.
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