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AE Dagger #11
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NW Iran
(Deylaman/Dailaman region of Gilan, possibly Amlash)
9th – 8th century BC
39.4 cm (l) x 61 mm (w)
(15.5” x 2.4”)
Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Fig. 26, p. 61
Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, VIII
Description:
Concave edges in upper part of blade that become sharp spikes on either side of a short tang. While some sellers have listed this rare type of ancient Iranian blade as a spearhead, researchers usually call them daggers (Medvedskaya, “Iran: Iron Age I”, p. 75). This type has been excavated from tombs in and around Amlash in NW Iran, and is datable based on adjacent fibulae.
Ex-Old British Collection formed in the 1980s
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