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Dagger
Object Number 986-30-60/14530
Display Title Dagger
Descriptions
Object Description Dagger, curved. Steel blade decorated at hilt end of blade with an engraved design of animals and foliage. Nephrite (?) hilt. Wooden scabbard encased with shagreen leather. Bone button. Very sharp elongated point. Dagger in scabbard 44 cm. Scabbard: 31.3 cm l, 5.8 cm w, 2.3 d. Other measurements in record are for dagger.
Inventory Description Dagger, curved iron blade, engraved zoomorophic design, alabaster handle
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Persian?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Iraq / <State> / <County> / Baghdad
Materials Iron, Alabaster, Wood, Leather, Ivory?, Steel, Nephrite, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm (17 5/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 986-30-60/14530
Provenance
Collector Robert W. Ehrich (1937-1938 - 12/1986)
Donor Robert W. Ehrich (1937-1938 - 12/1986)

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