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Eurasian bronze short sword (Akinakes) EURASIAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD (AKINAKES)

Decorated overall with animals with double-whorl pattern on flanks.
For a similar example, see E. Bunker, Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes - 2002, p.91, no.56.


Ex Israeli private collection.

7th-5th Century BC

L. 19 1/4 in. (49 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 251
GL0902
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