About the Artwork
Short Sword
11th/9th century BC
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Iranian
Luristan
Cast bronze
19 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in. (50.17 x 4.45 x .94 cm)
Arms and Armor
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Founders Society Purchase, Ancient Art General Fund with a contribution from Dr. Gennaro J. DiMaso
71.29
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Provenance
Iranian
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P.R.S. Moorey, Catalogue of Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, pp. 71, 72 similar short-swords and daggers discussed and dated, p. 70 fig. 13, pl. 6 fig. 47, ill.
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Luristan, Iranian, Short Sword, 11th/9th century BC, Cast bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ancient Art General Fund with a contribution from Dr. Gennaro J. DiMaso, 71.29.
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