SCYTHIAN IRON ACINACES SWORD
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Ca. 500-400 BC. An iron sword with a broad tapering blade, which terminates in a point, rectangular grip with a lobed lower guard, crescentic pommel. Excellent condition. This example is from Siberia, where the people were known as Scythians or Scytho-Siberians who left behind an imaginable number of tombs full of precious metalworks. For a similar, see Archaeologicheski almanah 1, Catalog sluchaynih nahodok is archaeologicheskih sobraniy Donetskoy oblasti, 1993, cat 281.Size: L:343mm / W:46mm; 165gProvenance: Private Oxfordshire collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.
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SCYTHIAN IRON ACINACES SWORD
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