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LOT 1165
North Western Persian Bronze Arrowhead Group
12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/8 - 5 7/8 in. (145 grams total, 8-15 cm).
Comprising six tanged arrowheads, five with large elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, one with oval shoulders, all with sharp central groove, cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft. [6]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 463, 467, 470-471, for some of these types.
FootnotesSome of these arrowheads seems to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders.
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Opening Bid: £60
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Canaanite Bronze Dirk
13th-12th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £375
With lentoid-section blade, tongue-shaped in plan, integral tapering hilt with flared finial, lateral flanges to accept a panel of bone or wood to each face forming the grip. 289 grams total, 39.5 cm high including stand
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