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LOT 1146
Amlash Tanged Spearhead
12TH CENTURY B.C.
19 1/4 in. (637 grams, 49 cm).
Composed of a tapering leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib, splayed neck and tapering tang.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, prior to 1980s.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 280, for type.
FootnotesThe weapon belongs to the type 1 of the Khorasani spearhead classification, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.
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LOT 1146
Amlash Tanged Spearhead
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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