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Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 7/8 - 8 7/8 in. (528 grams total, 17.5-22.6 cm).
Including four with tapering blades with broad flattened mid-ribs and rounded shoulders, tapered squared section tangs, two with tang pierced at tip; a similar blade with the tang bent at the tip; one spearhead with foliate blade and raised mid-rib; a short dagger with leaf-shaped blade and long rectangular-section tang. [7]
PROVENANCE:
Ex London collection, formed 1990-2000.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, items 31, p.34, for similar blades.
FOOTNOTES:
Moorey, Gordon and Khorasani created a classification of bladed weapons, according to which daggers are edged weapons no greater than 36cm in length, dirks (short swords) are between 36cm and 50cm in length, and swords are edged weapons greater than 50cm in length.
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