<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-11-08</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel xml:lang="en">dirk</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>3500004</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="en">Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-MM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="en">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3500004</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>SHM 20563 MMLur 004, 67</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="en">Cast in one piece. Slightly rim-flanged hilt ends in nearly complete oval extending down over shoulder of blade to midrib, known as "open crescent" ricasso. Blade has sharp shoulders with square corners, widening slightly below ricasso and tapering to sharp point. Raised, pronounced narrow midrib to point.</pres:description><pres:content xml:lang="en">SHM 20563 MMLur 004, Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932, High tin bronze. Northover personal communication metallurgy seminar Uppsala fall 97: ancients were very much aware and used careful measurements for intended effect high tin. For silver appearance, easily cast?, Inlay missing, large chips on blade edges. Has been chemically cleaned, now has bronze colored surface. Several large chunks out of blade edge near hilt., See below, Cf/Excavated: Haerinck 1988 pl. 61: 13 p. Dailaman (Guilan) Iron Age I; 
Catling 1984 pl.195 (g) frag pommel w 6. Minoan. More cf in archives binder; 
Cf/Collection: Dyson 1964 fig 2: 5. Hilt: more flared pommel, rounded ricasso (etc.) blade shoulders slope more, edge incised herringbone framed fig 1:6 fragment, Philadelphia, Univ. Museum purchased, L: 15.3 pl. IX:4, UM58-3-2; pl. X Hasanlu bowl; 
Maxwell-Hyslop 1964, fig 1-10 different blade. Ours crescent hollow, this one solid cast on. L: 40 cm crescent, cast on (solid) see MMLur 5. pl.XII: 3; 
 Childe 1969 fig 29 Gerzean dagger, copper &amp; ivory hilt = Ur III from El Amrah like crescent ricasso, see also MMLur 5, 6, 8, 14; 
De Wulf 1968-69 type VB., Iran</pres:content><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="en">Förvärvad</pres:event><pres:nameLabel xml:lang="en">Statens Historiska museum, Arne, Ture J:son</pres:nameLabel></pres:context><pres:context><pres:event xml:lang="en">Funnen</pres:event><pres:placeLabel xml:lang="en">Asien, Iran, Luristan/Talish?</pres:placeLabel></pres:context><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3820016/representation</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3820017/representation</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="en">Sjöblom, Margareta</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="en">Utgången upphovsrätt</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:image><pres:mediaType>image/jpeg</pres:mediaType><pres:src type="thumbnail">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3820019/representation</pres:src><pres:src type="lowres">https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3820020/representation</pres:src><pres:mediaLicense>http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0</pres:mediaLicense><pres:byline xml:lang="en">Uppgift om fotograf saknas</pres:byline><pres:copyright xml:lang="en">Utgången upphovsrätt</pres:copyright></pres:image><pres:references><pres:reference>https://kulturnav.org/feb6c97f-057e-4bba-8054-cd54e1ca6b11</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1021365</pres:reference><pres:reference>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1021079</pres:reference></pres:references><pres:representations><pres:representation format="HTML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3500004</pres:representation><pres:representation format="XML">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3500004</pres:representation><pres:representation format="RDF">http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3500004</pres:representation></pres:representations></pres:item>