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LOT 1582
North-Western Persian Bronze Sword Blade
11H-7TH CENTURY B.C.
14 in. (286 grams, 35.5 cm).
With a prominently curved guard extending out from the ricasso, partly framing the hilt, thick midrib extending slightly above the ricasso.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Literature
See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.99-100, for a similar blade.
Footnotes
The hilt of such swords was made separately and, unfortunately, is nearly always missing from the archaeological records. Similar daggers had a northern Iranian background, and excavated examples have been recorded from the South Caspian area from Tomadjan and Ghalekuti. Their chronology ranges from the late 2nd millennium B.C. to the 7th century B.C.
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