Luristan Bronze Sword Hilt
2nd millenium B.C. With crescent-shaped guard to accept blade, square-section grip with central rib to two sides and four evenly-spaced studs to the other two, and a conical hollow-cast mushroom pommel pierced on three sides. Cf. Khorasani, M. M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.393-4, for type.492 grams, 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Acquired in the early 1990s. Ex Guernsey collection. The Kusmirek Collection, UK.