Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 1000 to 650 BCE. This is a cast bronze short sword with an incredibly long tang -- its handle must have originally been nearly 50% of the length of the blade! It has a wide, flat ridge that extends from the tang to the tip of the blade. A weapon like this would almost certainly have been buried with its owner, who was probably a nomadic herder whose life involved moving from the uplands of the Zagros Mountains in the summer to the lower, wetter plains where weapons like this were manufactured in the winter. Size: 18.9" L x 1.6" W (48 cm x 4.1 cm).

Provenance: Ex-Private PJ. Piscopo Collection,

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Wear to the edges.