10th century BC. A bronze short sword with lentoid-section triangular blade, square guard, hilt with socket to each face. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 41 for type. 230 grams, 34.2cm (13 1/2"). Property of a North London gentleman; formerly in a West German collection, Cologne.