User blog comment:El Alamein/Sargon of Akkad vs. Ashurbanipal/@comment-422690-20140427150628/@comment-4661256-20140429153843

Leo, I was surprised too when researching Sargon's weapons, but this giant dagger is ceremonial. That's why it's all decked out with weird and (generally) not combat-practical material like the bone handle. It's probably likely that it isn't even intended for combat, but I really couldn't find any other melee-type weapon for Sargon to use... so that was what I was left with.