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AE Dirk #03
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Western Asia (possibly northwestern Iran)
1200-800 BC
44.2cm (17.4”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 115 for similarly shaped blade (although with rivets)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Figs. 42 and 43 (for similarly shaped blades)
Description:
Rounded shoulders, flat and subtle midrib, edges slightly concave and tapering toward point, medium length tang.
Ex-London Collection, formed 1990 - present
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