Ancient 8th -7th Century B.C. Cimmerian Iron Dagger
$2,800.00
Ancient 8th -7thcentury B.C. Pontic Steppe, Cimmerian iron dagger with robust, straight, double-edged blade that tapers and has a prominent medial ridge. The handle is flattened and rectangular, with grooved edges and four punched holes at the center, topped by a flattened, mushroom-shaped pommel. Additionally, a compressed winged guard is pierced to allow for a suspension cord.
REFERENCES: "Weapons of the Ancient East" by M.V. Gorelik. Page 200. No.10. ( Оружие древнего Востока (IV тысячелетие - IV в. до н.э.) Горелик М.В. )
To view related Cimmerian daggers, please see the links below:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/fig11_275958488
https://historylib.org/historybooks/Terenozhkin-A-I_Kimmeriytsy/9
We will also provide the buyer with photocopies of the pages from the mentioned references together with a certificate of authenticity.
PROVENANCE: Ex-Private Canadian Collection.
CONDITION: It is in excavated condition but stable and very solid.
MEASUREMENTS: The overall length: 28.5 cm (11.22 inches).
WEIGHT: 273 grams
The Cimmerians were a nomadic Indo-European people of Eastern European origin, such as the Scythians, Sauromatians, and Sarmatians, a predecessor of the Slavic people and occupying a geological band from Eastern Europe through to the grasslands above China, shared a common artistic, cultural and economic base.
