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LOT 1535
Luristan Bronze Leaf-Shaped Dagger
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 3/4 in. (211 grams, 32.5 cm).
Triangular double-edged blade with flat midrib and short tang with flattened end.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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.
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