PAIR OF EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE DAGGERS. Ca. 1200 - 800 BC. A pair of bronze daggers. The first one on top features a slender, tapering blade with straight edges converging to a sharp point. The hilt is composed of a flared, T-shaped pommel with a small perforation near its apex, suitable for inlay. The grip transitions smoothly into a rectangular section at the blade’s base. The second dagger has a slightly tapered blade ending in a pointed tip. The hilt incorporates a flaring pommel with curved edges, also intended for inlay. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 122932; Bronze Iron Weapons of Luristan, fig. 2, pg. 212, Manouchehr Moshtagh khorasani Antiguo oriente 7 - 2009; The Louvre Museum, Inventory number: AO 13892. Size: 295-335mm x 29-30mm; Weight: 280g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.