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LOT 1575
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger Blade
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
151/8 in. (250 grams, 38.5 cm).
With a prominently curved guard, extending out from the ricasso of the blade and partly frames the hilt, a thick midrib extending slightly above the ricasso where it held the hilt.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Literature
See similar swords in Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.99-100.
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.
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