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LOT 1092
Marlik Spearhead with Pronounced Ridge
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
18 in. (432 grams, 45.8 cm).
A heavy bronze spearhead comprising an oval blade with gently curved shoulders and strong midrib, flat rectangular-section tang tapering to a curved end.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980-2015.
LiteratureSee similar spearhead in Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 270, for type and p.241.
FootnotesThe spearhead belongs to the type V of the heavy spearheads, similar to the ones excavated by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 47 (Trench XXIIE) of the Marlik necropolis. The heavy spearheads, cast in one piece, usually have an oval blade with rounded gently curved shoulders and a rounded midrib near the tang.
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