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Rare type Luristan sword from iron with bronze knob

Date: 100 B C
Total length: about 830 mm
Blade width: 45 mm 
Material: bronze & iron

Condition: good substance, solid, unrestored

Legally acquired: Palmyra Heritage Gallery
 Provenance: Ex David Saidian Estate New York 


The region of Luristan had a legendary reputation for casting bronze weapons during the Bronze Age. The bronze wrought of Luristan produced weapons for customers in Babylon and Assyria. Many of these customers were kings and other nobles from these kingdoms, as the engravings of their names on some daggers and swords from Luristan show.


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Prehistoric, Bronze Age Iron Extremely big Luristan sword - 830×45×3 mm - (1)

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