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.

Provenance

Ex German collection, 1980s.
From a Surrey, UK, private collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 271.

Footnotes

This 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.

CONDITION

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