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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]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

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.

Footnotes

Some 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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LOT 1165

North Western Persian Bronze Arrowhead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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