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LOT 1543
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 1/4 in. (400 grams, 33.8 cm).
The blade with rounded shoulders, the raised midrib extending to the shaft, a rectangular-section tang below.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 40, p.36, for similar spearheads.
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