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LOT 1144

Marlik Bronze Arrowhead Group

12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.

4 - 6 in. (106 grams total, 10.2-15.2 cm).

Comprising four tanged arrowheads, with large bronze elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; three with barbed shoulders and convex sides. [4]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figure 467, for the main type.

Footnotes

Some of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders.

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LOT 1144

Marlik Bronze Arrowhead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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