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LOT 1561

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

17 1/4 in. (351 grams, 44 cm).

With ovate blade, central round rib and curved shoulders, the cylindrical long shaft widening towards the end, encasing a rectangular tang with bent tip.

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

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 277, for the type.

Footnotes

Similar spearheads were excavated in Marlik. Negahban stated that based upon the evidence on archaeological finds from West-North Iran, this type of spearhead may be dated to the final centuries of 2nd millennium B.C.

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LOT 1561

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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