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LOT 0299
Luristan Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt with Crescent Pommel
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
17 1/4 in. (520 grams, 43.7 cm).
A short sword or dagger with slender triangular blade, low round midrib with flat upper face, annular guard and remains of scooped shoulders, columnar grip with three gusseted hoops, crescent pommel.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 42 and 43.
Footnotes
These kind of bronze daggers or dirks, typical of Marlik culture, were cast in a one piece mould according to Negahban, although in some specimens the penannular guard was later cast into the blade. The separate sets of encircling ribs on the grips are again typical of swords from the Marlik area.
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LOT 0299
Luristan Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt with Crescent Pommel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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