Collection place: Western Iran / Donor: Mary R. Schiro / Accession year: [Missing] - 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 Bovine pendant, accession number 9-16867, described as Pendant in the form of a long-horned bovine. Wears collar; tail hangs down; square muzzle; recurved horns. Pierced through back vertically for suspension. Hollow body, ears articulated. Green patina. L. 5.6 cm. Ht. 4.6 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Bovine pendant, accession number 9-16868, described as Pendant in the form of a long-horned bovine. Tail hangs down; sharp muzzle. Pierced vertically through back. Crusty brown/green patina. Hollow body. Ht. 3.4 cm. L. 4.0 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bovine pendant, accession number 9-16866, described as Pendant in the form of a long horned bovine. Long tail hangs down; hollow body. Pierced vertically through back. Separate ring collar. Mostly green/brown patina. Ht. 1.7 cm. W. 5.0 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