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LOT 1177

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group

12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.

2 3/4 - 4 5/8 in. (105 grams total, 6.9-11.7 cm).

Comprising six tanged arrowheads, all with large elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; three with barbed shoulders and convex or squared sides, two lanceolate with slightly rounded shoulders, one elongated triangular type. [6]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 463, 467, 469-471, for some of these types.

Footnotes

These arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, B, C and D 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 C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders.

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LOT 1177

Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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