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Dagger

IRAN, Luristan
Dagger
 900 BCE-700 BCE

Medium
iron

Measurements
42.0 × 8.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1967

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran

Accession Number
1525-D5

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Dagger with hilt terminating in human masks set on a disk-shaped pommel and wrapped by two iron bands. The blade is at right angles to the line between these projecting heads.

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