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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.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Literature
See Khorasani, M.M., Lexicon of Arms and Armour from Iran. A Study of Symbols and Terminology, Tubingen, 2010, p.482, for two similar blades.
Footnotes
These 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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