11th century BC. A bronze flanged dagger with integrally preserved bifurcated hilt, triangular blade, the open handle intended to accept a now lost bifurcated pommel. See a similar dagger in Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.286-287, with the gold pommel still preserved; see also parallels in Calmeyer, P., 'Datierbare bronzen aus Luristan und Kirmanshah' in Untersuchungen sur Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archaeologie, Berlin, 1969. 20 grams, 30.5cm (12"). Ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. These flanged type of daggers with bifurcated hilts find parallels in Iran, and are usually dated to the 11th century BC (Calmeyer, 1969, p.61, figs.60-61"). Related examples from Hasanlu have a more pronounced splayed pommel and a square guard. Condition Report Fine condition.