Luristan Bronze Socketted Spearhead

9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

7 1/4 in. (80 grams, 18.6 cm).

Comprising a tapering tubular socket with raised ribs, a triangular blade with a raised midrib; ferrel collars to the shaft.

Provenance

Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.

Literature

For a similar spearhead see Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), pl.XXXV, nos.19.

Footnotes

These kinds of spearheads were realised by casting in a mould. They were of different lengths and used by Luristan, Hamadan, early Median and Achaemenid warriors. The bronze rings were destined to reinforce the structure of the bronze shaft, because the blow, with this spear, was usually delivered by grasping the spear with two hands.

CONDITION

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LOT 1829