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SHM 20563 MMLur 002 :: dirk

Object description: Cast in one piece. Rim-flanged hilt, flared pommel, elongated grip with short guard. Guard has two semi-circular indentations, one on either side. Blade a broad triangle tapering to point with slightly convex sides and central thickening, no visible midrib.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 002

Serie nummer

304

MM Lur

Object

dirk

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons

Exhibitions

Exhibition: ’Från kilskrift till ryttarfolk’ 1996, Exhibition 1999

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast in one piece. Rim-flanged hilt, flared pommel, elongated grip with short guard. Guard has two semi-circular indentations, one on either side. Blade a broad triangle tapering to point with slightly convex sides and central thickening, no visible midrib.

Period

Luristan Iron I-II

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1100-800 BC

Name - Acquired from

Arne, Ture J:son (1879-05-07 - 1965-08-02), archaeologist

Description: Ture Arne Johnson, born May 7, 1879 in Söderköping, died 2 August 1965, Swedish archaeologist.
PhD in Uppsala in 1914 with the thesis "La Suède et l'Orient, études sur les relations archéologiques de la Suède et de l'Orient pendant l'Age des Vikings". Arne's field of work was mainly the contacts between Scandinavia and the early Russia.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition - Previously

Främre Orienten

Description: Near Eastern Collections
Among the highlights in the Near Eastern collection, are the Bronze Age objects found by professor T Arne, during the Swedish excavations of 1932 in Shah Tepe in northeastern Iran.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities also has one of the world's largest and finest collections of ancient Persian bronzes from Bronze- and Iron Age Luristan(2700 BC – 650 BC.
From Mesopotamia the museum has a representative collection of cuneiform tablets and seals from Sumerian and Babylonian times.
A relief from the Northwest palace in Nimrud, built by the Assyrian king Assurnasirpal II and dated to 860 BC, can be seen at the museum. Across the relief is a long inscription that tells the story of the king and his achievements.
The Englishman Austin Henry excavated the relief in the 1840’s in Iraq and presented it to Queen Josephine of Sweden. She in turn donated it to The National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm for its opening in 1866.A copy of the original relief is on display for the time being at the museum. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-08)
The exhibition is located in room 9.
Time - Start: 20002000 [?]
Time - End: 20122012 [?]

Kilskrift och ryttarfolk

Time - Start: 1996-051996-05

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:02.

Event - Was Present At

The Swedish archaeological expedition to Iran (1932-1933)

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Comments

High tin bronze. Northover personal communication metallurgy seminar Uppsala fall 97: ancients were very much aware and used careful measurements for intended effect high tin. For silver appearance, easily cast?

Cf Publications

Cf/Excavated: Vanden Berghe 1973a:11:17/43,45 BB, blade shape. Iron 2;

— 1968c, fig 43a blade, AW, see MMLur 1;

Ghirshman 1966 Tchoga Zanbil Pl. Late IronV: 5; Boehmer & Dämmer 1985 Taf 148 Tell Zubeidi no 647, p. 62-63, 2/2MBC 1050-1000 BC. L: 27,2, H: 9,6 rim flange dagger, no. 79/270, Grave 8;

Catling 1984 pl.195 (g) frag pommel w 6. Minoan;

Cf/Collection: Moorey 1971, pl. 6:47, pp 71-2;

De Wulf 1968-69 type IIIB;

Muscarella 1988 pp. 282-3: 385 (37,5) 386 (41,3 running animals on midrib) stone inlays.

Publications

Marino 2000 p. 38 Fig. 2

PhotoNegNo

26 l, 982

Reference - Published in

Marino-Hultman, Pat (2000). Bronser från Luristan: persiska metallarbeten i Medelhavsmuseet = Ancient Persian metalwork : the collection of Luristan bronzes at Medelhavsmuseet. Republished and revised

Source - http: libris.kb.se

Length / Längd

42.3 cm; 29.1 cm [Blade]; 13.4 cm [Handle]

Shoulder shape

Width / Bredd

2.4 cm [Grip]; 5 cm [Guard neck]; 4.6 cm [Handle top]; 4.5 cm [Max blade]

Handle shape

CCG

Blade shape

Point shape

Cat no

Tang hilt

Cf pusht i Kuh

Cat 50:AW67/25 , 3 rivets. Hilt similar, but not leaf shaped blade. Date Late Iron 1. Cat 85 BB70/210 no rivet, flat blade ? very similar hilt shape. Date Iron 2. 1000-800 BC

Blade section

Dimensions

See below

No of rivet holes

Analysis no

Cu

Zn

Ag

0.06

Sn

10.52

Pb

0.09

Total

99.67

Condition

Hilt inlay missing, slightly jagged blade edges, otherwise intact. Brown beige encrustations, brownish green on wine colored surface.

Conservation - Executed

Cleaning and conservation report. D-nr 16455013. 950108. Condition and corrosion: surface dirty with soil, part, rather even, large part of original surface preserved in smooth, dark green or brown patina layer. Mostly around the edges of blade and closer to pointed tip are distinct bronze disease bubbles - grey, hard waxy substance, covered with bright green, partially powder corrosion products. Has been drilled to take sample for metallographic analysis. Treatment: cleaned mechanically with scalpel, small soft rotating bristle and steel brushes, under magnification. Active corrosion spots partially excavated to original surface layer, stabilised in 3 % benzotriazole solution in ethanol for 48 hours. Rinsed in 95 % ethanol, dried. Protective coating of 10 % Paraloid B 72 applied.

Original register

Luristan

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