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LOT 1402

Luristan Spear Tip Group

13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

5 1/4 - 7 1/8 in. (143 grams total, 13.5-18.2 cm).

Comprising four tips with triangular blades; each with a raised midrib and a long tang. [4]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, for similar arrowheads.

Footnotes

Although some of them are different in shape, these arrowheads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. Two basic deltoid forms are represented: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade.

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LOT 1402

Luristan Spear Tip Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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