13th-6th century BC. A bronze dagger with lentoid-section tongue-shaped blade, integral tapering hilt with flared finial, recessed panel with raised lateral flanges. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006. 269 grams, 36.2cm (14 1/4"). Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection; formerly with a London gallery; acquired in the 1990s.