Large Amlash Bronze Spear-Head

14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.

15 3/8 in. (300 grams, 39 cm).

Slender blade with raised midrib and a short, pierced tang; Amlash or Marlik.

Provenance

Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, nos.275,282, for types.

CONDITION

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