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SHM 20563 MMLur 019 :: dirk, blade

Object description: Cast in one piece. Flat tang, rectangular in section, one rivet hole at top. Doubly rounded shoulders taper into long narrow blade. Prominent midrib, diamond-shaped section.

Data elements

Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 019

Serie nummer

322

MM Lur

Object

dirk; blade

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Bronze?

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast in one piece. Flat tang, rectangular in section, one rivet hole at top. Doubly rounded shoulders taper into long narrow blade. Prominent midrib, diamond-shaped section.

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

Event - Was Present At

The Swedish archaeological expedition to Iran (1932-1933)

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Cf Publications

Cf/Excavated: Rubinson 1991 fig 13 bronze blade, catalogue no 44, L: 45,1, less notched shoulders. Dinka Tepe Azerbaijan 2 M tomb. p. 373. C14 date 17-16 C BC;

Cf/Collection: Moorey 1971, nos 42, 43.

PhotoNegNo

16 far r

Length / Längd

34.2 cm; 30 cm [Blade]; 4.5 cm [Handle]

Shoulder shape

3 cm; RO

Width / Bredd

1 cm [Grip]; 3.5 cm [Max blade]

Handle shape

REC

Blade shape

Point shape

Cat no

Tang hilt

Cf MMLur

Handle section

Blade section

Midrib

Dimensions

See below

No of rivet holes

Condition

Broken point, jagged edges, otherwise intact. Rusty beige encrustation on green, dark brown colored surface.

Original register

Luristan

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SHM 20563 MMLur 019 :: dirk, blade

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