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LOT 1030
Western Asiatic Sword with Blood Channel
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 3/4 in. (303 grams, 35 cm).
A substantial bronze leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to a short tang, ribbed fullers with curved ends extending to the shoulders.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s.cat 31, for type.
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