Details
| Artist | Luristan, Iranian |
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| Date | 2500 - 2000 BCE |
| Medium | bronze |
| Dimensions | Overall: 9 × 4 3/16 × 7/8 inches (22.9 × 10.6 × 2.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton |
| Accession Number | 60.142 |
| Department | Ancient Near Eastern Art |
| On View | Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1 (see map) |
Provenance
(H.D. Motamed, New York, USA);
purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Irving Burton (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA);
1960-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Irving Burton (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA);
1960-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Peck, William H. "Luristan Bronzes in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 47, no. 2 (1968): p. 32, (ill.) p. 33.
Moorey, P.R.S. Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, 1971, pp. 69, 71 [similar daggers discussed and dated and related to third millenium B.C. daggers from Mesopotamia and Elam], p. 70, (fig. 13), pl. 5, (fig. 45, 46), (ill.).
Moorey, P.R.S. Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, 1971, pp. 69, 71 [similar daggers discussed and dated and related to third millenium B.C. daggers from Mesopotamia and Elam], p. 70, (fig. 13), pl. 5, (fig. 45, 46), (ill.).
