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LOT 1158

Luristan Arrowhead Group

13TH-9TH CENTURY B.C.

5 1/8 - 6 3/4 in. (161 grams total, 13-17 cm).

Comprising four tanged arrowheads, having large elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, rectangular section stem with handle for the shaft, barbed shoulders and convex or squared sides. [4]

Provenance

From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999; thence by descent.

Literature

See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 467 and 470, for some of these types.

Footnotes

These arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A and C according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes A and C of type V are larger arrow heads with barbed shoulders and triangular heads. These types of arrowheads were commonly used in Anatolia and Mesopotamia from the 2nd millennium B.C., but apparently their employment began earlier in this area, where types like these occur alongside the non-barbed, predominantly ribbed and tanged types.

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LOT 1158

Luristan Arrowhead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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