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LOT 1215
Luristan Bronze Dagger Blade
800-600 B.C.
7 7/8 in. (72 grams, 20 cm).
With a triangular blade fitted with three fullers, with a handle cast onto the blade, showing three fastening holes.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureSee Khorasani, M.M., Lexicon of Arms and Armour from Iran. A Study of Symbols and Terminology, Tubingen, 2010, p.482, for two similar blades.
FootnotesThese weapons belong to the Early Median and Achaemenid Period. The blades were often inserted inside an openwork scabbard, cast with the lost wax process, while the handle was instead cast onto the blade.
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