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LOT 1408
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
LURISTAN BRONZE ARROWHEAD GROUP
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/8 - 4 1/8 in. (158 grams total, 8-10.5 cm).
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/8 - 4 1/8 in. (158 grams total, 8-10.5 cm).
Comprising tanged arrowheads, including barbed and leaf-shaped examples. [9]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1990s.
From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 469-471.
FOOTNOTES:
The arrowheads seems to belong to the subtypes A and B of the Khorasani classification. They are mainly small triangular arrowheads with rounded and barbed shoulders. Some have angular or rounded midribs. The characteristic is also the cylindrical stem and the rectangular-sectioned tang. Many similar arrowheads were found in the Marlik excavations.
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