Circa 1200 BC - 700 BC A long bronze dagger blade with prominently curved guard, which extends out from the ricasso of the pointed blade and partly frames the hilt, thick midrib extending slightly above the ricasso where it held the hilt. See similar swords in Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.99-100. Size: L:390mm / W:60mm ; 235g. Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1970s.