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Western Asiatic Bronze Sword Sheath
Western Asiatic Bronze Sword Sheath
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Description
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Triangular in plan, terminating in an exaggerated curving point; the outer face pierced towards the top and with a raised midrib; the convex interior possibly containing fragmentary remains of a weapon. Cf. Moorey, P., Catalogue of Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, no.60, for a sword contained in a similar sheath. 355 grams, 56 cm (22 in.).

From a Japanese collection, 1990s.

Scabbards with a curve at their base are shown on reliefs and seals from Anatolia from the middle of the second millennium to the 9th century B.C.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Sword Sheath

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