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LOT 1556
Luristan Bronze Short Spearhead Group
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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LOT 1556
Luristan Bronze Short Spearhead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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