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SHM 20563 MMLur 013 b :: dagger

Object description: Cast in one piece. Low rim-flanged hilt. Straight sided guard. Hilt broad and flat. Broad flat blade tapers from ricasso, no visible midrib, slight thickening at center. analysis 21

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 013 b

Serie nummer

MM Lur

13 /b

Object

Country - Findspot

Place - Findspot

Region - Findspot

Material

High tin bronze

Exhibitions

Exhibition: ’Från kilskrift till ryttarfolk’ 1996.

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast in one piece. Low rim-flanged hilt. Straight sided guard. Hilt broad and flat. Broad flat blade tapers from ricasso, no visible midrib, slight thickening at center. analysis 21

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

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

Kilskrift och ryttarfolk

Time - Start: 1996-051996-05

Event - Was Present At

The Swedish archaeological expedition to Iran (1932-1933)

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Comments

Where was sample b taken? see also A 29 cat 44 -higher tin

13a and 13b, are the same object with two different analyses.

Cf Publications

Cf/Excavated: Potts 1998 p. 192, fig 5 “Short sword of Maka from al-Qusais near Dubai“

Publications

Marino 2000 p. 17 pl. 3 third from left

PhotoNegNo

14 far right

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

28 cm; 16.4 cm [Blade]; 11.6 cm [Handle]

Width / Bredd

1.6 cm [Grip]; 3.2 cm [Guard neck]; 4 cm [Handle top]; 3.3 cm [Max blade]

Handle shape

Blade shape

Cat no

Tang hilt

Handle section

Blade section

Dimensions

No of rivet holes

Analysis no

21

Cu

90.56

Zn

Ag

Sn

9.04

Pb

Total

Condition

Blade broken off, inlay missing, jagged edges. Grey green surface.

Conservation - Executed

Cleaning and conservation report. D-nr 16455013. 950108. Condition: slightly dirty with soil, but appears to have been mechanically cleaned before (surface is rubbed, slightly scratched). Corrosion on surface is in thin, even layer of the medium dark green color. Corrosion products are grainy, hard. There are small warts and bumps of bronze disease - powdery light green corrosion on top and hard, grey waxy substance, and brown copper oxides underneath. Object. has been drilled to take sample for metallographic analysis. Treatment. See MM Lur 2: 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

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