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LOT 1070
Luristan Dagger with Decorated Hilt
9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
14 1/2 in. (322 grams, 37 cm).
A bronze dagger with a tapering triangular blade, the handle with three raised concentric bands, crescent-shaped pommel.
Provenance
Ex S. Motamed collection.
with Bellman's Auctions, 20th-26th June 2015, lot 2482.
Property of a London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. for a parallel (in iron) Vanden Berghe L., ‘Excavations in Pusht-i Kuh (Iran) Tombs Provide Evidence on Dating "Typical Luristan Bronzes"’ in Archaeology, June, 1971, pp.263-271, fig.10, p.265.
Footnotes
Several similar iron daggers were discovered during excavations at War Kabud. Differently from the bronze specimens, where the handle is ribbed, the iron specimens have bronze nails for fastening of the wooden grip on either side.
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