Lot 0533

IRON AGE MAKHAIRA DECORATED WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIF

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IRON AGE MAKHAIRA DECORATED WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIF

Item Details

Description

Ca. 300 - 100 BC.
A rare iron recurve sword called a machaira (also makhaira or sica). The blade is comprised of a sharpened blade edge with a pointed tip. The blade is incised with parallel lines that terminate just before a trio of annular rings. Included with the machaira is a conical point of the scrabbad bearing hammer-molded bars on one side above a hemispherical bottom tip.
Size: 365mm x 30mm; Weight: 250g
Provenance: From the collection of a European gentleman based in the UK, formed in the 2000s; acquired on the German art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.