Dagger

Museum number:
9-16755
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3776
Description:
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.
Donor:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran, Luristan, mid third-millennium BC
Collector:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 22 millimeters, width 60 millimeters, and length 228 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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