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LOT 1437

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection

14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.

4 - 6 3/8 in. (212 grams total, 10.1-16.2 cm).

Two with a sturdy square-section tang, narrow barbed head with midrib; the others with triangular or foliate blades; each with a raised midrib and a short tang. [8]

Provenance

Ex London collection, formed 1990-2000.

Literature

See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, for similar arrowheads.

Footnotes

Although some of them are different in shape, these arrowheads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. Two basic deltoid forms are represented: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade.

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LOT 1437

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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