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LOT 1196

North-West Persian Bronze Spearhead

EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

13 5/8 in. (268 grams, 34.5 cm).

Short triangular two-edged blade with thick midrib, long round-section neck with V-shaped recesses to the lower end, tapering square-section tang.

Provenance

Ex German collection, Cologne, 1980-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.240-241; Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, p.36, no.40.

Footnotes

The spearhead belongs to a typology of spears widespread in the Marlik region, which Negahban divided into two categories. This spearhead belongs to type II, spearheads with triangular blades with rather short blade and shaft with a long tang, the total length of the blade being less than that of the shaft and tang together.

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LOT 1196

North-West Persian Bronze Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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