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Daggercirca 900-800 B.C.

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Bronze sword with olive-green patina, featuring an animal-head pommel, stacked disk grip, and long tapering blade with three raised ridges

Unknown, Dagger, circa 900-800 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Dagger
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
circa 900-800 B.C.
Period
Iron Age II
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
overall: 18 in. (45.7 cm) blade: 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm) hilt: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.471
Classification
Arms and Armor
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.

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