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LOT 1406
Luristan Bronze Tanged Short Sword
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 3/8 in. (157 grams, 31.5 cm).
Comprising a wide triangular blade with raised midrib and a short, pierced tang.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Literature
See a similar blade in Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, p.34, no.31.
Footnotes
Edged weapons with tangs are among the simplest forms of weapons from this culture. This basic type was hardly altered in the period when bronze was the most important material in weapon production. The retention of this basic type with so few alterations makes precise dating challenging. Bronze daggers, dirks and swords exist today only as bronze blades, having lost their perishable handles over the course of time.
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