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Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
10TH CENTURY B.C.
13 3/8 in. (228 grams, 34 cm).
A short sword with lentoid-section triangular blade, rhomboid guard, hilt with later organic filling to each face.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 9, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
The type Dirk I according to the classification of Medvedskaya is common among dirks and daggers attributed to Luristan. The hilt is flanged and accepts inlays remnants of organic material on the handle. There are also two angular indentations on each side of the guard.
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