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LOT 1357

Greek Bronze Socketted Arrowhead

CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (1.5 grams, 32 mm).

Triangular in section with barbed blades and shallow socket. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from Red House Antiques, York, UK, in 2008.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

CONDITION

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LOT 1357

Greek Bronze Socketted Arrowhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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    The arrowhead seems to carry a Proto-Aramaic or Phoenician inscription like many arrows found in the Levant and Israel. They are usually reporting proper names like ‘Suwar, retainer of Abday’. As far as the function of these arrowheads is concerned, we know that the name inscribed on them was the owner's because successive owner's names were incised on two palimpsest examples. The letters engraved upon our arrow seem to be in the Phoenician alphabet and read ḤŞ’Ḥ’ (arrow of…) on the reverse, and ’Š I Š Q (?) (man of…) on the obverse.

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