Bronze Dagger with flanged inlaid hilt

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This form of sword/dagger is referred to in references as Luristan, since the daggers were found in Luristan, but probably in fact are Babylonian. Quite a few of the daggers which are in the Musée du Louvre, British Museums, Teheran Museum, and in Mrs. Christian Holmes' collection, are with inscriptions on the blades bearing the names of Babylonian kings of the Fourth Dynasty as Nebuchadnezzar I, Marduk-Nadin-Ahhe, Adad-Apal-Iddina, where according to the book by Ernest E. Herzfeld, \Iran in the Ancient East\, page 134, they belonged to Babylonian soldiers holding fiefs in Luristan. Similar daggers are published in the following references: 1\) A Survey of Persian Art: from Prehistoric Times to the Present\by Arthur Upham Pope Volume VII 2\) Iran in the Ancient East by Ernest E. Herzfeld 3\) Kostbare Blankwaffen aus dem Deutsch. Klingenmuseum Solingenby Heinz R. Uhlemann 4\) Bronzes du luristan Publisher: PARIS MUSEES (17 March 2008) 5\) Les Antiquités du Luristan: collection David-Weill by Pierre Amiet. 5\) Similar dagger WITH CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION \'Belonging to Marduk-Nadin-Ahhe, King of Babylon, King of the Universe, King of Sumer and Akkad\', is published in Christie's catalogAntiquities6 July 2016, lot 32 6\) Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, cat.6.. 7\) National Museum Teheran pos. 17 8\) Stutzinger, 2001, pp 10-11, dates to 2000 BC 9\) Archeological Museum of Frankfurt, Grawert collection, Luristan Similar daggers are published in the following references: 10\) A Survey of Persian Art: from Prehistoric Times to the Present\by Arthur Upham Pope Volume VII 11\) Iran in the Ancient East by Ernest E. Herzfeld 12\) A Kostbare Blankwaffen aus dem Deutsch. Klingenmuseum Solingenby Heinz R. Uhlemann 13\) Bronzes du luristan Publisher: PARIS MUSEES (17 March 2008) 14\) Les Antiquités du Luristan: collection David-Weill by Pierre Amiet. To view related Babylonian swords in the Museums please see the link below: medium confidence{ USD1400 USD 3495 SOLD NOTES: hilt guard wall thickness: 0,3 -0,45 mm. Impossible to cast in bronze even in pressure chamber or centrifuge. Must have been forged and filed or grinded after initial casting, but no sigh of initial thicker cas