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.

CONDITION

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