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Luristan Bronze Cudgel - Mace: Near Eastern Antiquities browse these categories for related items... All Items: Near East: Luristanian: Pre AD 1000: item #754095 Please refer to our stock #GD-374 when inquiring.
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Here you find a Luristan cudgel from circa 1200 BC. Featuring a lovely patina and design on the upper portion above the shaft. Most scholars feel that these cudgels were used primarily in a ceremonial manner. Seeing this one is so intact I would tend to agree. "A mace in one of the most well known Luristan styles. Luristan is a region in the central Zagros mountains in Eastern Iran well known for its early artistic bronzes. However, the full history of the region is little known and many so-called Luristan items actually originate in a wider area of Eastern Iran and neighbouring regions." This ancient cudgel is very large in size and in very fine condition. Measures 9 inches in length. See: "Catalog of The Ancient Persian Bronzes In The Ashmolean Museum", P.R.S. Moorey's, #96 & 97. Metal analysis by Dr. Reiderer, March 1980. Provenance: Aspendos, Berlin 1979 |
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