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LOT 1541
Western Asiatic Sword Blade with Blood Channels
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
18 3/4 in. (345 grams, 47.5 cm).
With corrugated raised midrib extending to a short tang, fullers with curved ends extending to the shoulders.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. for a similar blade Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, p.34, no.31.
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