Two Mesopotamian Daggers and Their Relatives

R. W. Hutchinson

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Two Mesopotamian Daggers and Their Relatives

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R. W. Hutchinson

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The first of the two daggers I propose to discuss I bought from Mr. John Whitaker of Cambridge, who acquired it from Messrs. Sotheby's sale on December 10th, 1932. The type, the patina, and the date when it came into the market suggest the possibility that it may have been associated with the two similar daggers recently acquired by the British Museum and said to have been discovered in a cave near Kirmanshah in the Luristan province of Persia, and with another now in the Louvre in Paris.

The dagger in my possession belongs to a series of Late Bronze Age daggers and swords best characterized by their inlaid hilt. The inlay of wood, ivory, or some other material has usually vanished and the remaining part of the hilt consists of a flanged tang, frequently with one or more rivet-holes and with a tang or a flange to hold the pommel.

Type: Research Article
Information: IRAQ , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , November 1934 , pp. 163 - 170

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/4241570 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1934

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^{page 163 note 2} For the Late Bronze Age swords, see Peake, The Bronze Age and the Celtic World, and Parker Brewis, The Bronze Sword in Great Britain (Archaeologia, LXXIII).

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^{page 164 note 4} M. Contenau informs me that according to the report given by the dealer this weapon was found in Luristan; two daggers recently acquired by the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Cambridge are said to have come from the same province.

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^{page 167 note 5} Evans, Prehistoric Tombs, fig. 59 and fig. 109, No. 36; on the other cruciform swords the guard is missing but was probably similar.

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