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LOT 1527
Luristan Bronze Socketted Spearhead
13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
9 in. (12 1/4 in.) (382 grams total, spearhead: 23.1 cm (31.2 cm including stand)).
With a broad leaf-shaped blade, a triangular mid-rib and a tapering tubular socket; accompanied by a display stand.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Overlaet, B., ‘Luristan metalwork in the Iron Age’ in Stöllner, T., Slotta, R. & Vatandoust, A., (eds.), in Persiens Antike Pracht. Bergbau - Handwerk – Archäologie, Bochum, 2004, pp. 328-338, fig.7, p.335; Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.242-243.
FootnotesThe spear belongs to the type VIII classified by Khorasani (spearheads with well-projecting midribs and long folded sockets) and more specifically to subtype C (with leaf-shaped blade and short hollow socket). Usually, the willow-leaf blade has an almost straight shoulder base and a wide, flat midrib tapering towards the point.
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