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LOT 1385
Marlik Type Bronze Tanged Spearhead
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
12 3/8 in. (159 grams, 31.5 cm).
With heavily ridged and tapering blade, short collared shaft and a square-section tapering tang bent at the tip.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 279.
FootnotesThe weapon belongs to type I of the Khorasani classification. Similar weapons have been excavated in Marlilk by Professor Negahban and dated by Stutzinger to the late 13th-early 12th century B.C.
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LOT 1385
Marlik Type Bronze Tanged Spearhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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