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LOT 1841
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 in. (125 grams, 25.6 cm).
Comprising a triangular blade with a narrow midrib, a short tang with two piercings, and attachment studs in situ.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureSee Negahban, E., Weapons from Marlik, Berlin, 1995, plate IX, no.117; Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 283, for type.
FootnotesThe spearhead belongs to type 2 according to the classification of Khorasani. A similar specimen was excavated by Negahban in Marlik.
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