Bronze Age bronze saw

End of III-Early II Millennium B.C.
Iran

Thin (2 mm) curved blade with a short tang and small short teeth. Shaped by hammering.

L. 7.6″(19.4 cm), W. 1.8″(4.5 cm).

Saws are rare finds. See published examples below:

-E. Haerinck & B. Overlaet, The Early Bronze Age at Bani Surmah. Luristan Pusht-i Kuh (= Luristan Excavation Documents 6), Acta Iranica 43, Peeters/Leuven-Dudley (MA), p. 37

Deshayes J. Les outils de bronze, de L’indus au Danube (IVe au IIe Millenaire). Paris, 1960, pl. XLVIII.