Dagger

Museum number:
9-16757
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Accession number:
Acc.3776
Description:
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.
Donor:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Collection place:
Loristan Province, Northwest Iran
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran, Luristan, 1200-1000 BC
Collector:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Production date:
1200-1000 BC
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 9 millimeters, width 19 millimeters, and length 180 millimeters
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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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