Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 1065
Amlash Type Spearhead
13TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
15 3/4 in. (436 grams, 40 cm).
A bronze tanged spearhead with heavily ridged and tapered blade with short collared shaft and square section tapered tang of recangular section.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
See similar typology in Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.629, cat.278.
Footnotes
The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the spearhead classification by Khorasani, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
RELATED LOTS
-
Roman Ballista Catapult Shot Group
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A pair of differently sized ballistas made from limestone, suitable for use with a catapult type siege weapon. 650 grams total, 55-71 mm
Acquired before 2000. From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK. -
Western Asiatic Tripartite Spearhead
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £102
A leaf-shaped blade with prominent midrib, square-section tang with expanding bent finial. 310 grams, 34 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Luristan 'Cotton Reel' Pommel Sword
13th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £889
A bronze sword with a broad double-edged blade with a central ridge on both sides, square bronze hilt with goblet-shaped pommel surmounted by a disc. 725 grams, 51 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
Bimetallic swords (some examples are entirely cast in iron and others entirely cast in bronze) with disc pommel, slender cylindrical grip and tapering blades of this type are among the most common types of daggers / swords in Northern Iranian graveyards. This type has occasionally been referred to as the 'cotton reel' pommel, as below the flat circular pommel there is a second, a rather wide disc, and a plain or incised cylindrical grip in between.
