Bronze Dagger From Northern Iran / Caspian Region

Period: Iron Age II
Date: ca. 10th–8th century B.C.
Geography: Northwestern Iran, Caspian region
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 20.75 in. (52.71 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Implements
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1960
Accession Number: 60.82.1

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum in 1960, purchased from Hassan Khan Monif, New York.

References
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. 100, no. 166.

Source: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/325066