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LOT 1526
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 5/8 in. (331 grams, 42.3 cm).
Triangular in profile with rounded shoulders and thick square-section mid-rib running to the tip; short flared neck and square-section tang.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.628, no.275, for type.
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With leaf-shaped blade, raised midrib and rounded shoulders, short neck and the square-section tapering tang with pointed tip. 373grams total, 40.5 cm
Ex Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Including triangular, barbed, leaf-shaped and other types. 266 grams total, 6-19.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Byzantine 'Greek Fire' Ceramic Bomb or Hand Grenade
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Ovoid in profile with a rounded base, two incised circumferential bands above the shoulder; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 666 grams, 10 cm
From a specialist collection, London, UK, 1990-2000s. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.
Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια, where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form.
