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Source Description
In warfare the use of bronze for daggers and then swords encouraged an effective, slashing style of attack instead of thrust. Nevertheless, it would be supplanted by the still harder iron and then steel.
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Document identity
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29506
label
Sword
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object
citationUrl
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1
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29506
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object
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normalized
title
Sword
description
In warfare the use of bronze for daggers and then swords encouraged an effective, slashing style of attack instead of thrust. Nevertheless, it would be supplanted by the still harder iron and then steel.
provenance
Ezair Ancient and Contemporary Art, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1969, by purchase.
date
9th-8th century BCE (Iron Age)
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CC0
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en
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swords
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 27 9/16 in. (70 cm)
Source extras
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Iranian
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cast and hammered bronze, iron residue
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6747
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ANE
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34
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1
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0
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photo
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1eb762b907445258