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LOT 1349

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

ELAMITE BRONZE ARROWHEAD COLLECTION
CIRCA 1200-900 B.C.
4 3/4 - 6 7/8 in. (485 grams total, 12-17.5 cm).

Including triangular-section with long tang, barbed, elongated lanceolate with mid-rib and other types. [18]

PROVENANCE:
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

LITERATURE:
See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, esp.no.396, for similar arrowheads.

FOOTNOTES:
These arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A and C according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes A and C of type V are larger arrow heads with barbed shoulders and triangular heads. The type was widely used in Elam between 13th and 10th century B.C.

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