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LOT 1398
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.
ProvenanceEx P.A., Hertfordshire, UK, specialist collection of Greek art, 1980-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 36, p.33.
FootnotesLuristan 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 1398
North West Persian Short Sword with Blood Channels
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Viking Age Iron Sword with Bronze Hilt
10th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
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Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
