Description:

Western Asia, Elamite culture, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A bronze dagger with leaf-shaped blade with midrib affixed by a rivet to a round-section bulbous handle with flared guard. Handle with multiple small knobs as decorative elements. Rare this early! Size: 6.625" L (16.8 cm)

Provenance: Ex - Estate of Julian Hovsepian, New York, acquired before 1980

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#115661

  • Condition: Tip of blade reattached, edges with losses as shown, but early and rare!

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