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LOT 1162
Western Asiatic Bronze Long Sword
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
22 1/2 in. (470 grams, 57 cm).
Composed of a tanged and barbed blade with raised midrib to both faces, extending the full-length of the weapon. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection, 1980s.
Ex London gallery.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.17.25 and 17.27, for the typology.
FootnotesIn the last ninety years many such tanged blades have been considered coming from centres of production of North-West Iran, like Amlash and Marlik. Without context an accurate dating is impossible, but the shape recalls the rapiers of Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.
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