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Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
6 7/8 - 10 1/4 in. (241 grams total, 17.5-26 cm).
Three spearheads with a short tang and triangular blade, squared or slightly rounded shoulders. [3]
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.
LITERATURE:
See Negahban, E., Weapons from Marlik, Berlin, 1995, plate IX, no.117; Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 283, for type.
FOOTNOTES:
The spearheads belong to type 2 of spearheads according to the Khorasani classification. A similar specimen was excavated by Negahban in Marlik.
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