Ancient Near East Luristan Bronze Age Split Ear Pommel Sword - 1000 BC

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Ancient Near East Luristan Bronze Age Split Ear Pommel Sword - 1000 BC:
$1950.00

An ancient Near Eastern Luristan bronze split ‘ear’ pommel sword, dating to around 1000 BC.

A formidable Bronze Age sword. The long blade with a broad mid-rib, tapering to a point, the bifurcated pommel cast onto the hilt,itself separately cast to the blade and joined with a v-shaped section. The distinctive shape of the pommel has hollow sections which would once have contained inlays of bone or wood.

A fine example of an iconicNear Easternsword type; it is hard to find a genuine example on the market in this condition.

This striking weapon was produced by the expert bronze working society known to us as the Luristans, and would have originally formed part of the burial contents of an elite Persian warrior. These individuals often served as mercenaries in the service of rulers in the lowlands of Mesopotamia.

The ancient inhabitants of mountainous Luristan were pastoralists and would have followed an annual cycle of migration between their warm low-lying winter pastures and the high cooler summer grazing grounds. Their production of these remarkable bronze artefacts for which ancient Luristan society is primarily known took place largely during the winter months, when the low lying valleys were packed with their tented encampments. The Assyrian king Sennacherib\'s account of a campaign in Luristan territory vividly illustrates how the land would have been full of these temporary settlements during an age redolent with violent conflict:

And their settlements which were numberless, I destroyed, I devastated, I turned to ash. The houses of the steppe, namely their tents, wherein they dwelt, I set on fire.

Length: 33 3/4inches.

Condition: Generally good, blade reattachedto hilt as is invariably the case with artefacts of this type, and with associated restoration at the join. Corrosion to the tip as seen,exhibiting a beautiful malachite patina.

Provenance:

Ex. British private collection, acquired 1990\'s in London.

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