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LOT 1102
Luristan Bronze Dagger
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
14 1/8 in. (129 grams, 36 cm).
Narrow triangular casting with gentle midrib and narrow point, scooped shoulders, long flat-section tang with lobe finial.
Provenance
Ex German collection, Cologne, 1980-1990s.
Literature
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, cat.3, p.376, for type.
Footnotes
The type of the present dirk or dagger corresponds to type IX of Medvedskaya classification. The type consists of a bronze blade with organic handle, possibly made of bone or wood, and a long tang, which was usually bent at the extremity. According to Moorey, the exact dating of these pieces is uncertain.
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