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LOT 1014
North West Persian Short Sword with Blood Channels
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
18 in. (19 1/4 in.) (1.18 kg total, 45.5 cm (49 cm including stand)).
With short tang for an organic hilt, the blade showing multiple grooves forming a pronounced mid-rib spanning roughly more than three-quarters of the blade; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
Ex P.A., Hertfordshire, UK, specialist collection of Greek art, 1980-1990s.
Literature
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 36, p.33.
Footnotes
Luristan was hardly an ethnic or political entity, but the people of Luri had relations through warfare and traded with Sumerians, Lullubi, Assyrians, Babylonians and Elamites over a long period of time, spanning from the 3rd to the 2nd millennium B.C. The ruling elites of warrior horsemen were buried with their weapons and horses.
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LOT 1014
North West Persian Short Sword with Blood Channels
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Ex P.A., Hertfordshire, UK, specialist collection of Greek art, 1980-1990s.
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