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SHM 20563 MMLur 021 :: dirk, blade

Object description: Cast. flat tang, rectangular in section. Irregular shoulders. See MMLur 20: triangular blade tapers to sharp point. Prominent raised midrib starts sharply below tang, large diamond section.

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Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 021

Serie nummer

324

MM Lur

Object

dirk; blade

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast. flat tang, rectangular in section. Irregular shoulders. See MMLur 20: triangular blade tapers to sharp point. Prominent raised midrib starts sharply below tang, large diamond section.

Period

2600-2500 BC, EB1

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: Vanden Berghe 1970a or b fig 12 center. 1 rivet, 15 cm, very similar shoulders!

Martirosian 1964 fig 20a: 9 max. W: c3. 8.6% tin;

Contenau & Ghirshman 1935 pl. 24 tomb 77.8. Outer shape, no rivet. L: 27, Level II. pl. 73: Djamsidi Level II tomb I:ii not as pointed, rivet, larger end tang. pl. 73: tomb 2: 12 L: c 15? no hole, general shape;

Cf/Collection: Moorey 1971 pl. 5: 42, 43?

De Waele 1982, fig 29 no 27; More cf in archives binder.

PhotoNegNo

18 far l

Length / Längd

25.9 cm; 22.9 cm [Blade]; 2.1 cm [Handle]

Shoulder shape

Width / Bredd

0.7 cm [Grip]; 3.1 cm [Max blade]

Handle shape

REC

Blade shape

Point shape

Cat no

Tang hilt

Cf MMLur

20 51?

Cf pusht i Kuh

Cat 16: DT69/<Iron 2 no hole, ED section, L ca 24

Handle section

Blade section

Midrib

Dimensions

See below

No of rivet holes

Analysis no

Cu

92.23

Zn

Ag

0.06

Sn

8.34

Pb

0.45

Total

101.08

Condition

Tang broken at rivet hole. Rusty beige encrustations on wine, brown-bronze colored with green flecks.

Original register

Luristan

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