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LOT 0330
Aramaic Bronze Inscribed Arrowhead
8TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (12.6 grams, 10.1 cm).
Broad trapezoidal form with cutting edges, fifteen inscribed characters to one face.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Röllig, W., ‘Onomastic and Palaeographic Considerations on Early Phoenician Arrow-Heads’ in Fantar, M. (ed.), Actes du IIIe Congrès International des Études Phéniciennes et Puniques, Tunis, 11-16 November 1991, Vol. II (1995), pp. 348-355; Elayi J., ‘Four New Inscribed Phoenician Arrowheads’ in SEL, 22, 2005, pp.33-45, pl.IV.
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LOT 0330
Aramaic Bronze Inscribed Arrowhead
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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