10th-8th century BC. A cast bronze dagger with triangular tapering blade and pronounced midrib, flanged hilt to accept inlay and penannular rib to the top of the blade, gripping the midrib between its open ends. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, T??bingen, 2006, p.54, figure 6 for type. 235 grams, 39.5cm (15 1/2"). Property of a Guernsey collector; acquired in the UK in the early 1990s.