Late 2nd millennium B.C. A bronze sword with a tapering blade and strong mid-rib, solid hilt and crescentic guard, ribbed grip and conical pommel. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 33-34-35. 840 grams, 57 cm (22 1/2 in.). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. Moorey studied pommelled swords and attributed their production to north-western Iran, dating them to the end of the 2nd millennium B.C. Dimensions of these swords varied from 49 cm (Khorasani, 2006, p.395) to 74 cm (sword in the Ashmolean Museum).