1200-700 BC, Greek Archaic Period. A beautiful cast bronze sword bronze sword with a leaf-shaped, lentoid sectioned blade,a tripartite raised midrib with double fuller or "blood grooves" and a short tang. Bronze weaponry production flourished in western Asia, the Aegean, and Mainland Greece from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC, when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears, and arrows were important symbols of war in Greek Bronze Age societies and served as powerful reminders that authority rested in the hands of those who could earn it. Good condition, on a custom-made stand; Size: L:490mm / W:80mm ; 615g; Provenance: Property of a North London professional; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1970s.