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LOT 1433

Luristan Bronze Leaf-Shaped Dagger Blade

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

11 7/8 in. (218 grams, 30 cm).

With a triangular blade flaring to the shoulders and wide midrib, narrow tang with one hole for rivet.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1990s.
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

See Maxwell-Hyslop, R., 'Daggers and swords in Western Asia: a Study from Prehistoric Times to 600BC,' in Iraq, Volume 8, 1946, pp.1-65, pl.II, type 12.

CONDITION

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LOT 1433

Luristan Bronze Leaf-Shaped Dagger Blade

Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

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