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LOT 1476
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
800-600 B.C.
13 5/8 in. (166 grams, 34.7 cm).
Socketted with slight horizontal cast-in grooves on the shaft, foliate head with strong mid-rib, fastening hole on the socket.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Literature
Cf. Mahboubian, H., Art of the Ancient Iran, London, 1997, no.398a, for similar.
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.
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