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SHM 20563 MMLur 367 :: sword, hilt

Object description: Forged. Two bearded heads hanging over the edge and what could be couchant lions on pommel, two couchant lions(?) on guard.

Data elements
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Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 367

Serie nummer

368

MM Lur

367

Object

sword; hilt

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Iron

Acquisition

Bought from Persiska kompaniet, 1934

Description

Forged. Two bearded heads hanging over the edge and what could be couchant lions on pommel, two couchant lions(?) on guard.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1100 BC

Name - Acquired from

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

Comments

Keller, Charles 1994: 59-70 long training in mind's eye Lur swords masterpieces of super forge blacksmiths

Cf Publications

Cf/Collection: Moorey 1971 p.185, no 541, p. 316;— 1991 pp. 1-12;

Rehder 1991:14;

De Wulf 1968-69 type VIII;

De Waele 1982, fig 35 no 42, fig 36 drawing, p 46. More cf in archives binder.

PhotoNegNo

? 23a,b

Length / Längd

13.4 cm; 0.9 cm [Blade]; 12.9 cm [Handle]

Width / Bredd

3.3 cm [Grip]; 3.8 cm [Guard neck]; 7.5 cm [Handle top]; 2.6 cm [Max blade]

Handle shape

2RG

Blade shape

Cat no

Tang hilt

Cf MMLur

v, B. 1954,04, MM1970:6 (367,448)

No of rivet holes

Condition

Blade missing, pommel details blurred.

Conservation - Executed

Original register

Luristan

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