Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Bone-Handled Dirk with Aramaic Inscription

CIRCA 1000 BC

13 1/4" (273 grams, 34 cm).

A cast Bronze Age dirk or dagger with lentoid-section blade, rectangular panel to the shoulder with chiselled text in a Semitic script, probably Aramaic, to one face, from right to left q[?]'hzg (the apostrophe indicating the letter aleph), probably an acronym or an inscription of mystical meaning; opposed flanges to the each face of the lower grip bent over to retain a carved bone insert with ear-shaped terminals, transverse ribbing.

Provenance

From a private collection; acquired before 1980.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.381, Cat.14, inventory no.906/1906.

CONDITION

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LOT 0868

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Bone-Handled Dirk with Aramaic Inscription

Sold for (Inc. bp): £908

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