North-West Persian Bronze Spearhead

1200-1000 B.C.

13 1/2 in. (295 grams, 34.5 cm).

With long tapering blade with rounded shoulders and prominent mid-rib, the tang bent at tip with round stud terminal.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 280, for type; Christies, Axel Guttmann collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, London, South Kensington, 28th April 2004, lot 40.

Footnotes

The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the Khorasani spearhead classification, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C., but the period of use is attested to at least until the 1000 B.C.

CONDITION

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