Northwest Iranian Bronze Dagger

Period: Iron Age I/II
Date: ca. 10th–9th century B.C.
Geography: Northwestern Iran, Caspian region
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 2.36 x 15.51 in. (5.99 x 39.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Implements
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1959
Accession Number: 59.178.2

Acquired by the Museum in 1959, purchased from John J. Klejman, New York.

Harper, Prudence O. et al. 1983. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Selections from the Collection of the Ancient Near East Department, exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun, no. 43.

Muscarella, Oscar W. 1988. Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 102, no. 169.

Source: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/324945