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LOT 1063
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/4 in. (78 grams, 31 cm).
Single-edged, curved with scooped shoulder and flat tang.
Provenance
Ex German collection, Cologne, 1980-1990s.
Literature
See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), pl.I, no.23, from Ugarit (Ras Shamra).
Footnotes
In the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C., combat knives were widely used in Palestine and Syria. Some of them reproduced in local forms and constructions of the beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C., others had a concave blade with a humpbacked back or S-shaped blades which, apparently, should be associated with influences from Asia Minor influence.
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LOT 1063
Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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