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Bimetallic Sword
| Collection number | 銅082-0438 |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Northwestern Iran |
| Period | Iron Age |
| Date | 10th-8th Century B.C. |
| Material | Copper Alloy, Iron |
| Dimension | L. 56.3 cm |
| Comment | This is seemingly a very ordinary piece of a bronze sword, but amazingly, an iron core is embedded into its grip. Iron cores are applied only to swords that are typologically typical for northwestern Iran in the tenth to the ninth centuries BC. The reason why people embedded iron cores into the swords remains an enigma. |
| Classification | bronze sword |
| Keyword | Green,Gray Strong Western Asia,Iran,Northwest Metal,Copper alloy,Bronze,Metal,Copper,Metal,Iron Arms,Sword Pattern,Line |