CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

TWO LURISTAN IRON DIRKS
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Together with a Luristan bronze dagger (not illustrated)
Largest: 18 in. (45.7 cm.) long

Provenance

with K. Rabenou Gallery, New York, acquired by 1970; thence by continuous descent to the current owner, New York.

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Lot Essay

These iron dirks belong to a well-known class of weapons featuring a hilt, rectangular in section, divided into three areas by two raised rings. The pommel is a circular disc embellished with two heads on either side, parallel to the face of the blade. For a nearly identical example, see no. 303 in O.W. Muscarella, Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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