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LOT 1613
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 7/8 - 6 1/4 in. (286 grams total, 4.8-16 cm).
Including barbed-and tanged, leaf-shaped, slender triangular and other types. [32]
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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