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Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 9-16752, described as Dagger. Flanged hild which held inlay, now lost. Honed blade is leaf-shaped with thickened mid-rib. Variegated green patina. L. of Blade 19.0 cm; L. of hild 8.2 cm; W. 3.0 cm. The style of this dagger is similar to 9-16761 yet the hilt and pommel are much straighter and thinner; proportions between hild and blade are also considerably different.
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 9-16763, described as Dagger. Flanged hilt with narrow convex grip, convex pommel, all of which held an inlay. Pommel pierced for a rivet. Honed blade thickened in the cneter. Three small losses on one flange. Green-black patina, some encrustations in inlay area. L 39 cm; L of blade 27.5 cm; L. of hilt 12.5 cm; w. 3.0 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 9-16755, described as Dagger. Short, broad leaf-shaped blade divided by 2 finely worked lines on either side of raised mid-rib. Hilt, cast on a clay(?) core, is decorated with raised geometric designs connecting X’s, concentric bands and circle-dot motifs. Guard is slightly curved. A hole on each side for rivet. Blade honed, now nicked. Green encrusted patina, one area of brown shiny patina. L. 21.75 cm; L.of Blade 13.8 cm; L. of Hilt 9.3 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.

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