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LOT 1937
Phoenician Bronze Arrowhead with Inscription
5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (5.34 grams, 41 mm).
Leaf-shaped arrowhead with a raised midrib extending to a tubular, short socket, Phoenician letters on both sides.
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
LiteratureCf. similar arrowhead in the Liverpool Museum, inv.no.M13546c, without inscription; for similar arrowheads found in Persepolis, see Head, D., The Achaemenid Persian Army, Stockport, 1992, p.26, fig.13m.
FootnotesThe style of the socketed arrowhead is related to the period of the Achaemenid Empire. Although the Phoenician arrowheads with inscriptions are mostly prevalent at the end of the Bronze Age, the arrowhead can prove that ownership inscriptions on this kind of weapon persisted over time.
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LOT 1937
Phoenician Bronze Arrowhead with Inscription
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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