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LOT 1478
Marlik Bronze Spearhead
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
15 3/4 in. (300 grams, 40 cm).
With broad shoulders and square-section mid-rib running to the tip; short tang; each shoulder with fastening hole for an organic shaft.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.628, no.283, for type.
FootnotesThe spearhead belongs to type VI of the Khorasani classification, with long blade and a short tang. These kind of spearheads, like the type 2 from Amlash, show the presence of two fastening rivets at their base. A similar piece is kept in the National Museum of Iran, and another was excavated by Dr. Negahban in Marlik (Tomb 12, Trench XIIE).
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