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Western Asiatic Amarlu Bronze Sword with Cage Pommel

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Western Asiatic Amarlu Bronze Sword with Cage Pommel

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2nd millennium BC. A gently tapered blade with raised longitudinal ridges, rounded shoulder with raised crescent guard, columnar grip with raised chevron banding, hollow domed conical pommel, re-bladed and repaired. 1.1 kg, 71cm (28"). Property of a Welsh collector; acquired early 2000 from John Moore Antiques, Bedfordshire, UK. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 33-35.