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THBBalkan Celtic Iron Curved Knife - Machaira
Lot 30
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Central/Eastern Europe, Balkan Region (Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria), Celtic peoples, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A finely preserved iron sword called a machaira (makhaira), also known as a sica, with a distinctly curved form. The single-edged blade sweeps downward from the handle and has individual shallow fullers on each half of the blade that are interrupted with a vertical etching; beneath the fuller nearest the tip are concentric zigzagging stripes. The handle has three narrow perforations meant to accommodate riveted handle panels made of bone or leather, and the pommel and shoulder ring bear repeating dash patterns. Size: 15.7" L x 1.375" W (39.9 cm x 3.5 cm)
Curved, single-edged swords developed during the Bronze Age in southeastern Europe, with various groups around the eastern Adriatic coast using them. One notable example is from the late La Tene cremation burial at Most na Soci, Slovenia, where a cremation burial included a sword of this type, a spearhead, and a fibula. In that burial, the sword and fibula had both been ritually destroyed as most metal grave goods were by the Celts.
Provenance: ex-estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000
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#158573Original handle panels missing as shown. Slight bending to blade profile and handle caps, with light encrustations, otherwise intact and excellent. Wonderful patina throughout and nice preservation of etched details on blade. One original rivet remains in middle of handle.Condition
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