The rapier-sword of The Middle Bronze Age from Zayamchay (Azerbaijan)
The rapier-sword of The Middle Bronze Age from Zayamchay (Azerbaijan)

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the bronze rapier-sword from barrow no. 2 from Zayamchay. Barrow no. 2 was placed on the right side of the Zayamchay River, near Duyerli village, in the Shamkir district of Azerbaijan. The bronze rapier was found during the construction of SCPX (The South Caucasian Pipeline Expansion project) in 2016, in the mound of the barrow. The rapier-sword from Zayamchay can be dated in the 18th-17th centuries BC and belongs to the Middle Bronze Age. The rapier is 99 cm long, has a 4.4 cm long tang with one rivet hole in the upper part (the tang is partly destroyed), wide shoulders (5 cm) and a high central rib, which results in a cross-shaped section. The Zayamchay blade has a lot of analogies among the South Caucasian bronze rapiers. To date, the rapier from barrow no. 2 from Zayamchay is the first sword from Azerbaijan, which dates back to the Middle Bronze Age.

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