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LOT 0257

Luristan Bronze Short Sword

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

16 in. (303 grams, 40.5 cm).

A short sword or dirk with slender triangular blade, low round midrib with flat upper face, annular guard and remains of scooped shoulders, columnar grip with open sides to receive bone or wooden hilt, crescent pommel.

Provenance

Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 41 and 42.

Footnotes

These 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 cast later 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 0257

Luristan Bronze Short Sword

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780

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