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Dagger

IRAN, Luristan
Dagger
 (c. 800 BCE)

Medium
bronze

Measurements
34.2 × 5.5 × 3.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran

Accession Number
3471-D3

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Dagger with hilt terminating in two asser heads and decorated with two human heads on each side of the grip, and with a goat or moufflon in relief on both sides above the blade.

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