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LOT 1441
Luristan Long Sword with Handle
CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
30 in. (809 grams, 76.3 cm).
With a slender double-edged blade and a narrow handle with conical pommel.
ProvenanceEx Deutsch Auctioneers, Vienna, 25 February 2020, no.7.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.VI, no.47, XIV, no.44.
FootnotesThe Luri people produced a quantity of fine metalwork, which according to Dr Khorasani, could be due to a settled period which arose as a result of the defeat of the Elamites by the Babylonians, leaving the Luristani people in relative peace for a period of time after 1200 BC. According to Khorasani, 'A culture of innovation and experimentation flourished, and the repertoire of the Luristan smiths expanded in the period between 1150–1050 BC.'
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