Sword Handle
75-2-1A
From: Iran | Northwest Iran
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 75-2-1A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran | Northwest Iran |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Description | Made-up piece composed of cu/br blade modernly soldered into crescent shaped hilt dating to ca. 1100 B.C., the whole then soldered onto a handle of about the same date which originally belonged to a sword more probably a dagger with an iron blade. Handle also cu/br with the iron tang of the blade still in the center of the handle. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Evan Randolph, 1975 |
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