Luristan Bronze Tanged Two-Handed Dagger

BRONZE AGE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

20 1/2 in. (275 grams, 52.2 cm).

Comprising a narrow triangular blade with a thick midrib, curved lip to the rear edge on each side of a square-section tang with curved end.

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, no.176, for the type.

CONDITION

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