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LOT 0927
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]
ProvenanceEx 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.
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.
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