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.

CONDITION

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