RARE ANCIENT WESTERN ASIATIC SWORD WITH STONE POMMEL
IRON AGE, ISRAELITE KINGDOM PERIOD
TIME OF KING DAVID
A Western Asiatic bronze Thrusting sword with a long, tapering blade, a prominent large polygonal mid-rib while gracefully curved. The hilt is characterized with a flat openwork cross-section and the dagger culminates in a distinctive, heavy pommel.
This sword was used for close range combat, to pierce armor.
