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LOT 1534
Bronze Age British Bronze Dagger
12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
10 in. (95 grams, 25.5 cm).
Lozengiform in section with acute tip; to the shoulders, four holes to accommodate rivets (three present) to secure a hilt.
ProvenanceFound in Little Snoring, Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
The Michael Nellist collection.
The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number BA15.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by copies of two previous catalogue information pages and original Chris Rudd collection card.
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The bronze industries of the Near East were the first to create beautiful examples of personal equipment, especially weapons. Many of them came from the copper-rich areas of Western Iran, where tribesmen buried their dead according to local tradition, well equipped with weaponry, in small but durable stone-built tombs.
