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LOT 1434
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/2 - 4 1/4 in. (205 grams total, 3.8-10.8 cm).
Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed and other types. [21]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1434
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Circa 1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With short foliate blade, shallow midrib and long socketted shaft with fastening holes. 112 grams, 22.8 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Medieval Iron Bearded Axehead
Circa 14th-16th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
With broad curved blade and square chin, narrow neck, deep socket with square-section hammer to the reverse. 899 grams, 15.7 cm
Ex North American collection, 1970s-1990s. -
Phoenician Bronze Arrowhead with Inscriptions
Circa 12th-11th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade with broad neck and sturdy tang; impressed inscriptions to both faces. 14.2 grams, 10.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
The arrowhead seems to carry a Proto-Aramaic or Phoenician inscription like many arrows found in the Levant and Israel. They are usually reporting proper names like ‘Suwar, retainer of Abday’. As far as the function of these arrowheads is concerned, we know that the name inscribed on them was the owner's because successive owner's names were incised on two palimpsest examples. The central rib of this arrow bears on both sides a ten letter inscription, which is relatively deep and firmly incised. The inscription should be read 'ḤŞ…BN…NY = ‘arrow of K…son of…ANAY’.
