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SHM 20563 MMLur 111 :: dagger, hilt

Object description: Cast. Oval pommel with rivet head on both faces. Solid round in section grip divided by two sunken rings, base of guard surrounded by three-ridged moulding. Pommel resembles bird's head.

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Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 111

Serie nummer

366

MM Lur

111

Object

dagger; hilt

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Very high tin bronze

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast. Oval pommel with rivet head on both faces. Solid round in section grip divided by two sunken rings, base of guard surrounded by three-ridged moulding. Pommel resembles bird's head.

Period

Luristan Iron II

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

800-750 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

Kilskrift och ryttarfolk

Time - Start: 1996-051996-05

Exhibitions

Exhibition : från kilskrift till ryttarfolk 1996

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 fig 8: 94, 95, 96. L: c 6,5, 7.6, 8 (6,5 remaining) same outline - excavated with bronze foil on iron base. BB tomb 10 (pl. xxiv: 3) BB70/65, BB70/66, date Iron 2 or Iron 3; — 1967 p. 56 -WK66/259 L: 43,5, WK66/12 L: 48, bronze hilt on iron blade, 259 bronze rivets to wood hilt? pommel larger, date late 8 early 7 cent?

Cf/Collection: Moorey 1971 pl. 7: 61, 63 frontal faces of hilt only;

Amiet 1976 41 fig. 45 p. 82 cf ancient illustrations Assurnasirpal II; Birmingham 1964 Iraq fig 1, outline vague resemblance;

Maxwell-Hyslop 1964 fig 1: 8, 9, idea for this development? pl. xii: 1 Smithsonian, type 36?

DeWulf 1968-69 type VII.

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Length / Längd

9 cm; 9 cm [Handle]

Width / Bredd

1.3 cm [Grip]; 2 cm [Guard neck]; 2.6 cm [Handle top]

Handle shape

2RG

Cat no

Tang hilt

Handle section

Dimensions

See below

No of rivet holes

Analysis no

Cu

73.79

Zn

Ag

0.37

Sn

23.99

Pb

1.33

Total

99.48

Month - Object of the month

2017-04

Condition

Blade missing, shiny green surface with calcium encrustations.

Original register

Luristan

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