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AE Dagger #13
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NW Iran, Possibly Amlash
1200 – 800 BC
40.6 cm (16”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 34 (for similar penannular guard)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 393 (for similar blade and penannular guard)
Cf. Rafiei-Alavi (The Biography of a Dagger Type: The Diachronic Transformation of the Daggers with the Crescent-Shaped Guard), fig. 11 (Iron Age II daggers), two at lower left with exposed tangs, from Toul-e Talesh
Description:
Mold-cast blade with wide, flat midrib; penannular guard; hilt cast upon blade via lost wax process; tip of tang exposed at upper end of grip.
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