11th-8th century BC. A sword of Luristan type II with crescentic pommel, the grip with collars and penannular guard, contemporary later added blade with a broad, flat midrib which narrows roughly half way along the blade. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.398ff, nos.39, 41-43, for the types of pommels. 690 grams, 57cm (22 1/2"). Ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. The crescentic pommel and the penannular guard were probably cast in a one piece-mould. These kinds of pommels are typical of the iron swords of type 2 from Luristan. A certain number of Luristan daggers and swords have bronze or iron blades with cast-on bronze hilts. The typology of winged pommel bronze grip is visible on examples in the British museum and the National Museum of Iran. Moorey suggests that starting around 1000 BC, bronze hilts begin to be cast onto to iron blades, faithfully copying in iron the standard types of bronze daggers. Condition Report Fine condition.