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LOT 1353
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
CIRCA 13TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 - 6 1/8 in. (428 grams total, 9.5-15.6 cm).
Including leaf-shaped, barbed, and other types, all tanged, except one socketted. [18]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureSee 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.
FootnotesMajority of 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. Very interesting is the socketted type: Greek, dated at the 8th century B.C.
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