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AMLASH BRONZE SPEARHEAD
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
17 1/8 in. (432 grams, 43.5 cm).
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
17 1/8 in. (432 grams, 43.5 cm).
A foliate blade with central rib and slender shoulders, short rectangular shaft and tang.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat.278, 280, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the spear-head classification of Khorasani, mainly originating from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.
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