Ancient Western Asiatic Bronze Sword 9th - 8th century BC
Western Asiatic Bronze Sword
Ca. 9th-8th century BC
A bronze sword with a two-sided blade tapering to a sharp point, raised thick mid-rib, penannular guard, and round-section hilt finished with crescentic-shaped pommel.
For a similar sword, but with double disc pommel see O. White Muscarella, Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.100, pl.166.
Size: L
This item comes with a COA and has been examined by a Dr of Archaeology, University of Oxford, alongside his vetting team, who in their professional opinion find the item to be authentic.
Provenance: From the private collection of a Central London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market formed in the 1980s.
520 X W100 mm, 892g
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