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LOT 1254
Bronze Age to Roman Bronze Artefact Group
11TH CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 4 1/4 in. (46 grams total, 3.7-10.8 cm).
Comprising two arrowheads with foliate head and square-sectioned tang and three awls. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex American collector, acquired 1980-2000.
The Kusmirek Collection, 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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