Amlash Dagger Blade

£ 150.00

A Bronze Age elongated triangular Amlash dagger blade with a slightly prominent central ridge, minor chipping to the sides and a securing hole on the short tang.

Date: Circa 1st millennium BC
Provenance: German private collection from Cologne.
Condition: Very fine, encrustations and patina cover the surface.

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Product Code: NES-25
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The Amlash culture is known almost exclusively through the archaeological artefacts that have been recovered in recent decades. Little is known about the people themselves, other than the fact that they were highly skilled artists and artisans. Otherwise, it appears that this ancient culture once inhabited the mountainous regions bordering the Caspian Sea in the north of modern day Iran, thus being neighbours to the Luristan people. According to the archaeological record, their culture appeared to reach its peak between the 9th and 8th Centuries BC.

To discover more about Mesopotamian cultures, please visit our relevant post: Civilisations of the Ancient Near East.

Dimensions L 29.5 cm
Metal

Bronze

Region

Near East (Western Asiatic)

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