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LOT 1444

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

16 3/4 in. (412 grams, 42.5 cm).

Having foliate blade with central rib and slender shoulders, short rectangular shaft and tang with a bent end.

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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron, ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, no.176, for the type.

Footnotes

A number of similar blades, some considered to be spearheads and others to be daggers, all with bent tang, derived from Tepe Hissar Culture III. Some of them, like our specimen, have a button terminal, some others have a plain, pointed terminal. The general dating of these specimens is fixed to the early 2nd millennium B.C.

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LOT 1444

Luristan Bronze Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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