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LOT 1017

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

LARGE LURISTAN ARROWHEAD WITH STAND
14TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/2 in. (8 7/8 in.) (36 grams, 21.5 cm (140 grams total, 22.5 cm high including stand)).

With triangular blade, having a barbed deltoid shape and a rounded projecting midrib tapering towards the sharp point, cylindrical stem and rectangular sectioned tang: accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

LITERATURE:
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figure 470, for the type.

FOOTNOTES:
According to Khorasani, this type of arrowhead belongs to a subcategory of the category of type V of Luristan arrow points. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders.

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