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LATE 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A GROUP OF NORTH-WEST PERSIAN BRONZE AND IRON SWORDS
LATE 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including a bronze sword with flared 'ear' pommel and square-sectioned grip, the open pommel with ridged back, the long blade with flattened mid-rib and horned guard; another similar, 36 in. (91.4 cm.) and 21½ in. (54.6 cm.) long respectively; a bronze short sword with splayed pommel and ribbed hilt flanged to take wooden inlay, the triangular blade with flattened mid-rib and rectangular guard, 20½ in. (52 cm.) long; another similar with open crescentic pommel, the ribbed cylindrical grip with remains of inlay in base opening, 17½ in. (44.4 cm.) long; a bronze sword (in two parts) with 'cotton-reel' pommel, the cylindrical grip and the stem between the two discs decorated with incised linear decoration, 23¾ in. (60.4 cm.) long; and three iron swords, each with blade at right angles to the ribbed hilt, remains of recumbent lions on the guard, the disc-shaped pommel ornamented with twin double-head protomes, a lion and bearded male head, 31½ in. (80 cm.) long max. (10)
LATE 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Including a bronze sword with flared 'ear' pommel and square-sectioned grip, the open pommel with ridged back, the long blade with flattened mid-rib and horned guard; another similar, 36 in. (91.4 cm.) and 21½ in. (54.6 cm.) long respectively; a bronze short sword with splayed pommel and ribbed hilt flanged to take wooden inlay, the triangular blade with flattened mid-rib and rectangular guard, 20½ in. (52 cm.) long; another similar with open crescentic pommel, the ribbed cylindrical grip with remains of inlay in base opening, 17½ in. (44.4 cm.) long; a bronze sword (in two parts) with 'cotton-reel' pommel, the cylindrical grip and the stem between the two discs decorated with incised linear decoration, 23¾ in. (60.4 cm.) long; and three iron swords, each with blade at right angles to the ribbed hilt, remains of recumbent lions on the guard, the disc-shaped pommel ornamented with twin double-head protomes, a lion and bearded male head, 31½ in. (80 cm.) long max. (10)
Provenance
From the collection of the late Gavin Todhunter.
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