Excavated Blade, Based

Excavated Blade, Based

A0700-489

Excavated Blade

Based

Luristan

Western Iran

Tepe Giyan Site

1200 900 Bce

Bronze



Luristan bronze is a term referring to a set of Early Iron Age (C. 1250-650 bc) bronze artifacts that have been recovered from Luristan and Kermanshah areas in west-central Iran. Little is known of this ancient culture but the most impressive traces are of the bronze artifacts they left behind such as these blades. It is theorized that they were crafted by the earliest existence of the Median Empire.