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LOT 1464
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 5/8 in. (369 grams, 34.5 cm).
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib extending to the shaft with a flared collar, rectangular section tang with curved end and button finial.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
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. Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, fig.2.88, type L2.B., variant L2.B.c, for type.
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