Luristan Bronze Tanged Lancehead

800-600 B.C.

12 1/4 in. (239 grams, 31 cm).

With a tapering rectangular-section blade and a short tang.

Provenance

Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.

Literature

Cf. Mahboubian, H., Art of the Ancient Iran, London, 1997, no.398a, for a similar spearhead, although socketed.

Footnotes

These shoulderless spearheads are introducing the Luristan and Hamadan in the Median and Achaemenid Periods. The bronze type was cast in a mould, and the length suggests it was a throwing weapon or used in conjunction with a chariot.

CONDITION

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LOT 1840