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LOT 1429
Luristan Bronze Macehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 7/8 in. (364 grams, 17.5 cm).
With long tubular shank lared at the mouth, carinated bulb.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Greek Lead Slingshot
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Biconical in profile with casting seam and reserved legend 'ΑΛ[EXANΔΡΟ]Υ.', the club of Herakles on the other side. 29.4 grams, 30 mm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, Munich, Germany.
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Kriegsmarine WWI German Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Comprising a slender single-edged blade with etched maritime designs; the hilt composed of a wire-bound ribbed bone handle, a lion-head pommel with inset eyes (one absent), and an ornate guard with folding edges, one side with a socket for securing the scabbard; accompanied by a leather scabbard with ornate metal fittings. 847 grams total, 93 cm
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Western Asiatic Integral Hilted Bronze Short Sword
Late 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With a broad, lentoid-section flat blade, rounded tip, sloping sides, well marked shoulders with wide but short tang. 713 grams, 43.5 cm
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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The sword finds similarity with a one from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. This is the most primitive form of dagger, consisting of a simple, pointed blade having slightly convex outline shoulders sloping to a short tang which has no rivets, and was probably hafted to wood with bitumen.
