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LOT 1437
Amlash Type Spearhead
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
13 1/4 in. (287 grams, 33.5 cm).
With heavily ridged and tapered leaf-shaped blade, long slightly flared neck and square section tapered tang. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of H. Norry, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureSee 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 spear-head classification of Khorasani, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.
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