LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD BLADE

Northwest Iran

BRONZE AGE:  3500 years ago

This very large, fine Luristan tanged bronze short sword blade features a nice profile design and is INTACT WITH NO RESTORATION, NO REPAIR and NO MODERN DAMAGE.  With its complete undamaged tang and preserved attachment hole for a handle, this is a premium example.  Ex-private museum collection specimen with collection number on edge.  Beware of fakes.  Close-up image shows features of undeniable age and provenance.

The term LURISTAN references artifacts made by a society of semi-nomadic people that once lived in the mountainous region of Northwest Iran.  Little is known of this ancient culture but the most impressive traces are that of the bronze artifacts they left behind.  These include highly decorative equipment for their horses, ceremonial containers and numerous weapons ranging from simple utilitarian pieces on up to elaborate masterpieces of warfare.  

It is theorized that the Luristan bronzes were crafted by the earliest existence of the Median empire but this has never been proven as written records of the Medes have not survived.  The Medes were Indo-Iranian people originally from central Asia who settled in Northwest Iran in the 9th century BC and later defeated the Assyrian empire in 614 BC.  Their success is short-lived and their empire which once stretched from central Iran to the Persian Gulf and Anatolia was overrun in 550 BC by the Persians.

INTACT LARGE SPECIMEN WITH BEAUTIFUL EMERALD PATINA AND COMPLETE UNDAMAGED TANG WITH HOLE 

11.2" in length

$395     CBI-054     Actual Item - One Only

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