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LOT 1418
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead
CIRCA 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 - 3 5/8 in. (148 grams total, 52-91 mm).
Including teardrop, barbed, leaf-shaped and other types, all tanged. [17]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 1418
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Formed with a rounded butt and slightly flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. 138 grams, 18.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
This type of flat axes appeared in the last phase of the Late Chalcolithic Age. Flat axes without lugs were used as cutting tools or in war. In the later examples the sides of the blades was gradually widening towards the convex cutting edge.
