2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze short sword with broad triangular, double-edged blade and central midrib; crescent guard to the shoulders; round-section grip with domed pommel and columnar finial. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, cat.35, for type.828 grams, 60cm (23 1/2"). Ex Abelita family collection, 1970s-2000s.