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LOT 0286
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
CENTRAL EUROPE, LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (130 grams, 16.7 cm).
Broad leaf-shaped blade with a gusseted midrib, lateral holes for attachment.
Provenance
Ex German collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.45; pl.10, p.18.
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