Western Asiatic Bronze Rivetted Dagger Blade

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

9 1/4 in. (143 grams, 23.5 cm).

With double-edged triangular blade, short tang and three rivet holes for fastening to the organic hilt. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex property of L.P.; previously acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.

Literature

See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), pl.III, no.52, for a similar from Asia Minor.

CONDITION

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