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SHM 20984,1 MMLur 404 :: dagger

Object description: Cast. Hilt cast hollow with decoration in relief. One rivet remains blade? rivets?: holes mid handle, slightly curved guard. Decor at top of H: relief knobs arranged roughly in rows, divided by an incised vertical line, incisions round bottom of decor and mid grip. Short, broad, leaf-shaped blade made separately from the hilt. Two parallel blood channels on both faces.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

SHM 20984,1 MMLur 404

Serie nummer

384

MM Lur

404

Object

dagger

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Copper as?

Exhibitions

Exhibition 1999

Acquisition

Gift of HRH Crown Prince GA 1936. Like the Philadelphia fake...

Description

Cast. Hilt cast hollow with decoration in relief. One rivet remains blade? rivets?: holes mid handle, slightly curved guard. Decor at top of H: relief knobs arranged roughly in rows, divided by an incised vertical line, incisions round bottom of decor and mid grip. Short, broad, leaf-shaped blade made separately from the hilt. Two parallel blood channels on both faces.

Period

Early Bronze Age 2 (2400-2300 BC), (3 DU)?

Name - Acquired from

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition - Previously

Främre Orienten

Description: Near Eastern Collections
Among the highlights in the Near Eastern collection, are the Bronze Age objects found by professor T Arne, during the Swedish excavations of 1932 in Shah Tepe in northeastern Iran.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities also has one of the world's largest and finest collections of ancient Persian bronzes from Bronze- and Iron Age Luristan(2700 BC – 650 BC.
From Mesopotamia the museum has a representative collection of cuneiform tablets and seals from Sumerian and Babylonian times.
A relief from the Northwest palace in Nimrud, built by the Assyrian king Assurnasirpal II and dated to 860 BC, can be seen at the museum. Across the relief is a long inscription that tells the story of the king and his achievements.
The Englishman Austin Henry excavated the relief in the 1840’s in Iraq and presented it to Queen Josephine of Sweden. She in turn donated it to The National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm for its opening in 1866.A copy of the original relief is on display for the time being at the museum. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-08)
The exhibition is located in room 9.
Time - Start: 20002000 [?]
Time - End: 20122012 [?]

Främre Orienten (2017)

Time - Start: 2017-12-082017-12-08
Time - End: 2023-092023-09

Room 10 Milox

Description: Room 10, Central hall, 3 temporary showcases.Room%2010%2C%20Central%20hall%2C%203%20temporary%20showcases.
Time - Start: 20152015
Time - End: 2017-12-082017-12-08

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:02.

Comments

Where was sample taken? Oldeberg 222. Two different analyses.

Is 404 and 404a the same object? Yes.

Cf Publications

Cf/Excavated: see MML18, 11: Vanden Berghe 1973c p. 24, War Kabud t.1 nr. 1, 2, found with axe cf MMLur95, Early Bronze 2, 2400-2000 BC (also MMLur30);

Finkbeiner 1983a,b? taf 3 W 24309 L 29,7. bl L: 20, Max W blade 4,4, 3 rivets. Strongly fossilized material being analysed. Early Dyn III Warka excavated, see:

Ess & Pedde 1992 taf 12: 45, p. 10 copper/bronze Uruk Nr 45, 46, 50. Ur 1 type hilt fossilized calcium, three rivets, intact, gap at junction to shoulder, no indication of tang shape, blade: simple midrib line, traces of sharpening, elongated lozenge section L: 29.7 EDIII;

Cf/Collection: Moorey 1971 pl. 5: 45, 46;

De Wulf 1968-9 type I;

Amiet 1976 no 3 very similar;

De Wulf 1989-9 type I;

Legrain 1931 XI:41;

Godard 1931 IX:21;

Gadd 1942-3 TOCS 19, pl.- IIb;

Speleers 1931 fig 14.

PhotoNegNo

13 r, 982na

Length / Längd

22.4 cm; 14.4 cm [Blade]; 8.2 cm [Handle]

Shoulder shape

3.2 cm; RO

Width / Bredd

1.4 cm [Grip]; 5.6 cm [Guard neck]; 1.5 cm [Handle top]; 4 cm [Max blade]

Handle shape

UR1

Blade shape

Point shape

Cat no

Tang hilt

Cf MMLur

10 11

Cf pusht i Kuh

Cat 61 TK71/8. Different pattern - snakes mm on hilt. Same bl shape single midrib.

Handle section

RO?

Blade section

Midrib

No of rivet holes

Analysis no

166

Cu

99.23

Zn

Ag

Sn

Pb

Total

Condition

One rivet missing. Beige on a little green, dark brown surface.

Original register

Luristan

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