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LOT 0724
Bronze Age to Roman Bronze Artefact Collection
11TH CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 4 1/4 in. (45 grams total, 3.6-10.8 cm).
Comprising two arrowheads with foliate head and square-sectioned tang and three awls. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired prior to 2000.
Ex private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Literature
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, cat.460, for the arrowheads.
Footnotes
The two arrowheads are similar to specimens found in Luristan. They belong to the type V of the Khorasani classification. The bow was widely used by the Luristan people. The shape of the blade is often flat or ovate in the cross section with lanceolate profile and two cutting edges.
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