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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Sword
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.

Sword

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureIranian
Dateca. 1000 BC
MediumBronze
Dimensionsl. 34 3/4 in. (88.3 cm)
w. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number96.1.73
Geography
Place madeIran
DescriptionA bronze sword with a long blade with a broad midrib. The solid pommel is in the form of a truncated cone with five rectangular indentations.ProvenanceFrances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick J. Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1994; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick J. Wilkins, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996Exhibition History“A Bridge from East to West: Near Eastern Art from the Frances and Frederick Wilkins Collection,” San Antonio Museum of Art, Dec. 9, 1995-Feb. 25, 1996
Not on view
Collections
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Image Not Available for Spearhead
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