13th-6th century BC. A sword comprising a two-edged lentoid-section iron blade with rounded tip, narrow shoulders encased in a bronze sleeve extending to the grip with incised hatching; pommel formed as two inverted cups with ropework border. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.64-5, for discussion of type.977 grams, 90cm (35 1/4"). Ex Cambridgeshire collection; formerly with Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s.[No Reserve]