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LOT 1398
Mesopotamian Bronze Arrowhead Collection
CIRCA 1800-900 B.C.
1 3/4 - 3 1/2 in. (330 grams total, 44-90 mm).
Including leaf-shaped, barbed, and other small types. [35]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Literature
See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, for similar.
Footnotes
Paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib and the blade shaped to a point were typical of Old Babylonian Empire. The shoulders were pronounced and the arrowhead had a rectangular section tapering tang.
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