Object type: archaeology / Collection place: Loristan Province, Northwest Iran / Donor: Bruno A. Schiro - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Axe head, accession number 9-16753, described as Axe-Head. Long, cylindrical shaft-hole, upper edge of blade straight, lower cut-away, convex cutting edge, possibly honed, now nicked. Irregular 3 x 1 1/2 cm corrosion loss on lower shaft with small hole. Green patina. Ht. 10.0 cm; W. 14.5 cm. Conserved.

Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 9-16762, described as Dirk Blade. Tanged with rivet hole. Blade, rounded at shoulder, tapers to round point; thickened and raised mid-rib. Mottled green and blue patina. Corrosion losses on one blade edge. L. of Blade 26.5 cm; L. of Tang 3.0 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 9-16751, described as Dagger. Recessed hilt with small flanges at lower end; convex pommel; slender honed blade with edges tapering to rounded point; thickened mid-rib. Variegated patina. Typologically similar to 9-16751 and 752, proportionately more slender. Flanging is now abbreviated. Probably is typologically related to similar dirks such as those excavated at Hasanlyu, Level V with prototype from Mesopotamia and or Elam. Max.L. 27.7 cm; L. of handle 9.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 9-16761, described as Dagger. Flanged hilt; blade has a thickened mid-rib, tapers to a rounded point. Crusty green patina. This form is more often seen as a dirk (i.e. 36-50 cm.); however, shorter examples are known from the mid-7th C Ishnikrab Temple. Earlier daing based on inscribed weapons such as dagger in LACMA Collection bearing the name of Marduk-nadin-ahhe. The origin of this type may have been Palestine, Dilica and Syria in the Middle Bronze Age. Max. L. 25.2 cm; L.handle 10.4 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 9-16757, described as Dagger. Indented flanges on lower hilt; remaining hilt recessed to hold inlay now lost. Narrow honed blade widens below juncture of blade and hilt, narrows to rounded point; thickened mid-rib. Bronze, case in one piece. Green patina. Proportions, hilt to blade, are unusual. Length of blade 9.2 cm; Length of hilt 8.3 cm; width 3.0 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, male and female, accession number 9-16826, described as Figurine; man and woman standing back to back, figures joined from shoulders to ankles; arms akimbo, naked except for girdles. 4 legs and feet indicated. Appears to be male on one side (genetalia indicated) and female withsmall breasts on the other side. Green patina. Ht. 4.8 cm.