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LOT 1174

Greek and Other Bronze Tanged Arrowhead Collection

CIRCA 12TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

2 - 3 3/8 in. (141 grams total, 49-85 mm).

Comprising three tanged Luristan arrowheads, having elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft and barbed shoulders; eleven Greek paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat and wide mid-rib, the blade shaped to a point; a small Persian or Greek foliate arrowhead with a long tang; a flat and foliate bronze arrowhead. [16]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 26.199.291, for the Greek arrowheads; for the three Luristan examples see Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, fig.467.

Footnotes

In Greek warfare, archers were mainly employed by Scythians and Cretans. Both used composite bows made of wood, horn, bone and sinew. The Luristan examples seem to belong to the type V, subcategory C of triangular arrowheads according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban.

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LOT 1174

Greek and Other Bronze Tanged Arrowhead Collection

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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