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LOT 1436
Western Asiatic Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt
LATE 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 1/2 in. (881 grams, 42 cm).
With a broad, lentoid-section flat blade, rounded tip, sloping sides, well marked shoulders with short, wide tang.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Inassa, M., 'Daggers in ancient Mesopotamia' in Journal of Archaeological Research and Studies, vol.2, March 2018, pp.1-27, fig.1, p.26.
FootnotesThe sword has similarities with a specimen from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. This is the most primitive form of dagger, consisting of a simple, pointed blade having slightly convex outline shoulders sloping to a short tang which has no rivets, and was probably hafted to wood with bitumen.
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LOT 1436
Western Asiatic Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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