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LOT 0263
Marlik Bronze Spearhead with Linear Decoration
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
24 in. (436 grams total, 61 cm high including stand).
Of triangular shape with projecting midribs with vertical grooves alongside, long folded socketted shaft with eighteen horizontal grooves at the base, hole for attachment to a wooden shaft.
ProvenanceEx German collection, 1980s.
From a Surrey, UK, private collection, 1990s.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 271.
FootnotesThis specimen belongs to the type VIII, subtype B of the Khorasani classification. Similar specimens were excavated in the Marlik Royal cemetery by Dr Negahban. The spearheads of this type are characterised by well projecting mid-ribs and long, folded sockets.
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LOT 0263
Marlik Bronze Spearhead with Linear Decoration
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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