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.

CONDITION

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