Luristan Short Bronze Dagger with Curved Guard

Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1000 BCE. This is a cast bronze dagger. The sword has a long, triangular blade with a quadruple ridge; the handle has a double pommel, a rounded guard with the blade v

2nd millennium BC. A group of bronze weapons on a display stand comprising: a short sword with lentoid-section leaf-shaped blade, crescentic guard, flanged hilt; a tapering axehead with curved edge, f

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Luristan culture, Early Bronze Age, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. Perhaps one of the earliest dagger variants from the L

Western Asiatic / Near Eastern, likely Luristan, bronze dagger with short slender blade and short quillons. 10.5" H.

A Luristan bronze dagger Circa 11th-9th Century B.C. The tapering blade with a medial ridge and crescentic guard, the pommel terminal formed into a flat disc with ridges spaced along the grip with a

Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1000 BCE. A fantastic find! A short bronze dagger with a short, straight blade ending in an abruptly tapered tip. A thin handle made of silver has an upturned pommel i

Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1000 BCE. An impressive pair of bronze weapons from ancient Luristan: a dagger and a short sword blade. Larger of the 2, the dagger features and everted blade, a flat

Circa 1000 BC. A Bronze Age dirk or dagger with lozenge-section narrow blade, flat-section guard, grip with flanged edges to accept an organic insert. 169 grams, 37.5cm (15"). London private collectio

1800-1600 B.C. A short bronze dagger, the rectangular flanges of the ricasso extended over the (now lost) inlay in the form of wings, blade with raised ridge tapering to a point. See Maxwell-Hyslop, R

10th century B.C. With triangular blade in outline and prominent mid-rib divided in three sections; square shoulders with rectangular guard; rectangular grip with openings for inlays on either side. F

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A cast-bronze short sword with a thick rectangular guard and a slender handle with a flared pommel end. T

Ancient Near East region, Luristan, a finely cast bronze short sword with a blade that connects to a square-shaped guard. The long handle was designed to have an inlaid panel of wood, stone, or other

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A finely cast bronze short sword with a blade that connects to a square-shaped guard. The long handle was designed to have an inlai

Ancient luristan bronze Dagger circa 1000 B.C. Size 9 1/4 inches length. Fine bronze short dagger with elborate handle. Provenance: Private NYC Collection acquired from Frishman Gallery Israel 1960s

13th-6th century BC. A short bronze flange-hilted dagger with waisted leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. Cf. Khoras

Near Eastern Bronze Short Sword or Daggerlikely Luristan, circa 1000-700 B.C., 14 in. inclusive of integral grip. Private Collection of an Antiquarian, Charlotte, North Carolina Additional high-resolu

A Near Eastern bronze dagger, c. 1200 - 1000 BC, dagger with blade and hilt cast as one piece, the hilt flanged with curved lappets over the guard which originally held the inlays in place. The blade

Ancient luristan bronze Dagger circa 1000 B.C. Size 18 1/8 inches length. Fine bronze short sword or dagger with nice handle. Choice patina. Custom mounted. Provenance: Private NYC Collection acquired

11th-8th century BC. A long bronze tanged dagger with prominent bilobate guard, extending out from the ricasso, the tang once covered by an organic hilt; the thick midrib extending slightly above the

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, modern day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1000 BCE. This is a large bronze dagger blade or possibly short sword,

13th-6th century BC. A bronze dagger with lentoid-section blade, waisted guard, rectangular-section grip and pommel formed as two D-shaped ears. 231 grams, 35cm (13 3/4"). Property of a Berkshire, UK

**Originally Listed At $500** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia and/or Luristan, ca. 1000 BCE. This is a trio of bronze long daggers or short swords, all of similar design, with pronounced ridges, short

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A fine pair of miniature cast-bronze daggers, one resembling a typical short sword and the other in the f

13th-6th century BC. A bronze dagger or dirk with parallel-sided blade, broad midrib, lower guard with flange shoulders and grip, T-shaped finial. See Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Br