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LOT 1362
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
LURISTAN BRONZE ARROWHEAD COLLECTION
CIRCA 13TH-9TH CENTURY B.C.
4 - 6 1/2 in. (446 grams total, 10-16.5 cm).
CIRCA 13TH-9TH CENTURY B.C.
4 - 6 1/2 in. (446 grams total, 10-16.5 cm).
Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed and other types. [18]
PROVENANCE:
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LITERATURE:
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 463 and 467, for the barbed and triangular types.
FOOTNOTES:
One series of arrowheads seem to belong to the category of lanceolate head and rounded shoulders from the category Type V, i.e. triangular arrowheads with rounded or angular midrib. Some other arrowheads seem to be a subcategory of subtype A of Khorasani but longer.
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