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Amarlu Type Bronze Sword with Mushroom Pommel Amarlu Type Bronze Sword with Mushroom Pommel Amarlu Type Bronze Sword with Mushroom Pommel
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LOT 0339

Amarlu Type Bronze Sword with Mushroom Pommel

LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

20 1/4 in. (598 grams, 51.5 cm).

With solid hilt having a penannular guard, an openwork grip and a conical cast mushroom pommel, the blade with pronounced mid-rib and tapering to a sharp point.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

See typology of such swords in Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.393-396, cat.31-36.

Footnotes

According to Moorey, such swords with mushroom pommels originated from North-Western Iran, as proved by Amarlu finds. He dates them to the end of the 2nd millennium B.C., more precisely to a period between 1400-1200 B.C.

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LOT 0339

Amarlu Type Bronze Sword with Mushroom Pommel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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