An inscribed dagger at the national museum of Iran : Forgery or genuine?

In the past seventy years inscribed bronze objects were reported in considerable numbers from unknown sites said to be in Luristan. A major group of these inscribed bronzes are weapons, predominantly daggers. This paper discusses an inscribed bronze dagger, alleged fro Luristan, which is now housed in the national Museum of Iran, Tehran. Taking a closer look at the dagger and its inscriptions, I propose that it can not typologically be attributed to the Achaemenid period and its inscription is a fake. Although the dagger has early first millennium parallels in western Iran, I suggest before it is accepted as genuine, that it be submitted to technical analysis to see if the inscription has been engraved on a genuine blade.