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LOT 1017

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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LOT 1017

Large Luristan Arrowhead with Stand

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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