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LOT 0536
Egyptian Bronze Socketted Spearhead
NEW KINGDOM, 15TH-14TH CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (204 grams, 28 cm).
Foliate blade and tapering, short tubular shaft, marked mid-rib and rounded shoulders.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Literature
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXXIV, no.17, from Abydos, dated the 15th-14th century B.C.
Footnotes
With the introduction of the socketted spearhead in the Middle East in the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, by the middle of the 2nd millennium, socketted spearheads became dominant throughout the ancient East and Egypt, and spearhead design has remained virtually unchanged since then.
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