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LOT 1591

Western Asiatic Integral Hilted Bronze Short Sword

LATE 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

17 1/8 in. (713 grams, 43.5 cm).

With a broad, lentoid-section flat blade, rounded tip, sloping sides, well marked shoulders with wide but short tang.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

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.

Footnotes

The sword finds similarity with a one 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 1591

Western Asiatic Integral Hilted Bronze Short Sword

Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)

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