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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob L., post: 8294553, member: 56976&quot;]Thought I’d add a recent pickup to this thread. This may not be the oldest item in my collection, but it is darn old (late third to second millennium BC) – and kinda neat.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is from western Iran, possibly from Elam or Luristan. This particular type of bronze dagger is well-documented but very rare. It features a broad, leaf-shaped blade made separately from the hilt. The hilt is cast hollow and features decoration in relief, and the guard is curved.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466569[/ATTACH] </p><p>Western Iran, likely Luristan or Elam</p><p>Late 3rd to 2nd millennium BC</p><p>24 cm (9.4”)</p><p><br /></p><p>References:</p><p>Cf. Khorasani (<i>Arms and Armor from Iran</i>), type 3.2.3.a, Fig. 9, p. 56, as well as Cat. 2</p><p>Mahboubian (<i>Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze</i>), 376, #3</p><p>Cf. Moorey (<i>Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum</i>), Pl. 5, Fig. 45[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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